Reports Report 1409d (Event 1409-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chrissie M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I saw the fireball peripherally at first, and naturally followed the rest of its trajectory. However, I could only see a fragment of its path, as I was in my apartment, and there's a balcony cutting off the top of my view, and a stadium blocking the horizon. But it's hard to take the sighting as anything other than a fireball/meteor - I've seen planes, drones, and helicopters fly over the stadium, and I've never seen any craft move like that. Also, I should add that its size, from what I could tell, seemed to be a fraction of the full moon's apparent size in the sky - maybe a half or a quarter (or, in more circular terms, like it could be a small-medium core of the moon). But this is a very rough estimation from how quick it was. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Diego, CA |
| Latitude | 32° 42' 23.89'' N (32.706635°) |
| Longitude | 117° 9' 19.58'' W (-117.15544°) |
| Elevation | 4.715215m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-03-03 23:33 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-03-04 07:33 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 164° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 304.41° |
| First azimuth | 291.55° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 307.9° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green, a more-greenish mint green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |