Fireball report

Reports Report 2779o (Event 2779-2020)

Observer
Name	Mack K
Experience Level	2/5
Remarks	-

Location
Address	Los Angeles, CA
Latitude	34° 3' 4.49'' N (34.051247°)
Longitude	118° 28' 8.98'' W (-118.469161°)
Elevation	96.144363m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2020-06-09 20:35 PDT
UT Date & Time	2020-06-10 03:35 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	243°

Moving
Facing azimuth	299.43°
First azimuth	312.03°
First elevation	31°
Last azimuth	289.4°
Last elevation	17°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-8
Color	White and at the very end when it flamed out there was pink and light blue

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	Yes
Remarks	It sounded like thunder about 2-5 seconds after I saw it flame out

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Not a huge flash but the trail got bigger and flamed out in a bright small ball

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Just barely. But I think I saw it get a little scattered at the very end. It wasn’t a perfect ball. Seemed to have some uneven edges as if there were a few pieces, very close together, flaming out.

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