Reports Report 6949dm (Event 6949-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Holland p |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Felt far to fast to be any satellite or rocket breaking up. I've seen a handful for green and red meteors but nothing with fragmentation and so many colors. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Beaverton, OR |
| Latitude | 45° 27' 37.85'' N (45.460514°) |
| Longitude | 122° 48' 34.95'' W (-122.809709°) |
| Elevation | 92.276878m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-10-12 22:35 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-10-13 05:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 157° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 340.56° |
| First azimuth | 333.52° |
| First elevation | 41° |
| Last azimuth | 345.63° |
| Last elevation | 12° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Light Green, Orange, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Regular white shooting star, grew in brightness until fragmentation. ( maybe a little purple before fragmentation) At fragmentation colors of orange,yellow, and green appeared from the pieces. The majority of the event was the white shooting star, fragmentation and colors were a 3rd or 4th of the total event. Total length of event was 1to 1.5 seconds. It was still going fast after fragmentation. White streak Purple green Orange yellow red fragmentation |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |