Reports Report 1981cm (Event 1981-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Barbara W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | My past experience was of meteor showers in Palm Desert around 1998.. I haven't seen shooting stars since then. What I saw tonight is different, was not like a shooting star which are brilliant white. But, what I saw tonight was a brilliant flash of medium color of blue, very long, somewhat wide, surrounded by white flame, with tale of red flame that shot from NE higher than planes in a rounded curve that dropped in the distance in the SE sky, all intact, until it disappeared. Somewhat similar to your picture, Pic 2 of 4 on your first page. I have a friend with me that saw this tonight at 8:03 pm, and describes the flying shooting flame as I do. It was not fire works. It was too high and too grand as high up as you can see with your eyes. I reported this to the local weather TV station. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Palm Desert, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 44' 15.96'' N (33.737767°) |
| Longitude | 116° 22' 56.72'' W (-116.382423°) |
| Elevation | 57.336433m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-04-16 20:02 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-04-17 03:02 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 72° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Blue, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Flash appeared in NE sky as high as you can see,with a blue flash surrounded by a fiery white light with a fiery red tale. Seen in Northeast sky a Beautiful fiery looking shape shooting across high in the sky towards SE in a curve dropping down to the horizon within 5 seconds. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |