Reports Report 6914d (Event 6914-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | David S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I don't have much astronomy experience since grade school, but I work in the field of science, loved this experience, and am always happy to help contribute to science of any kind. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Fullerton, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 54' 33.86'' N (33.909406°) |
| Longitude | 117° 52' 42.2'' W (-117.878388°) |
| Elevation | 104.041367m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-20 00:16 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-20 08:16 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 101° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 323.15° |
| First azimuth | 315.71° |
| First elevation | 48° |
| Last azimuth | 326° |
| Last elevation | 46° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Light popping sound, it clearly broke up into chunks |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 3° |
| Remarks | Light, momentary, fire like train, possibly smokey also. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I though the full moon had just come out from behind clouds that I couldn't see, then it got brighter than the moon, almost to the point of helicopter spotlight, before breaking into smaller chunks and disappearing from my field of view, behind trees. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It clearly broke into smaller chunks while falling in a north easterly direction. It was cool, it looked like a movie meteor. |