Reports Report 2837a (Event 2837-2023)

Observer
Name Edward A
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Photo
Location
Address Oxnard, CA
Latitude 34° 12' 57.1'' N (34.215861°)
Longitude 119° 9' 55.81'' W (-119.165504°)
Elevation 21.282902m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2023-05-30 23:05 PDT
UT Date & Time 2023-05-31 06:05 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 334°
Moving
Facing azimuth 270°
First azimuth 270°
First elevation 69°
Last azimuth 187°
Last elevation 81°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -19
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks First the light grew into a solid long trail( a few fragments visible, light gets brighter), next the light grew wide and at the same time grew shorter ( no fragments visible, light is near being brightest), light expands to widest and brightest state followed by splitting in half like an explosion( fragments visble wide behind), the light shirnks smaller to size of a star and dimmer but doesn't disappear and does not stop moving; No flashing lights("airplane lights") visible from the front or back of light
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks Few fragments visible when light changed shape to solid long train and changed to wide short before exploding and after explosion