American Meteor Society

Reports Report 4148ba (Event 4148-2021)

Observer
Name Coby M
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks It was a bright light I saw with my friend. She said wow that’s a big shooting star and I laughed. It was before I looked it up and saw that the terminology was “fireball” but I told her it looked like a fireball like out of a movie or something have never seen anything like it. It was so quick I knew I couldn’t get a picture but I was happy enough to see it because apparently it’s rare.
Location
Address Santa Barbara, CA
Latitude 34° 26' 24.47'' N (34.440131°)
Longitude 119° 45' 3.94'' W (-119.751095°)
Elevation 58.765053m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-07-30 21:45 PDT
UT Date & Time 2021-07-31 04:45 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up to down
Descent Angle 180°
Moving
Facing azimuth 0.23°
First azimuth 359.78°
First elevation 62°
Last azimuth 0.21°
Last elevation 27°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color Orange, Red, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -