This was cooler than the one we saw in Rainier a few years back :) and much longer, I did not know they could last that long :)
Location
Address
Portland, OR
Latitude
45° 30' 49.88'' N (45.513855°)
Longitude
122° 29' 33.31'' W (-122.492585°)
Elevation
75.177887m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-10-30 05:55 PDT
UT Date & Time
2013-10-30 12:55 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
162.38°
First azimuth
121.79°
First elevation
59°
Last azimuth
258.84°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-23
Color
Light Blue, Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
14°
Remarks
I did not see any smoke the sky was dark, but the meteor looked like a bog sparkler and the tail was blueish white then yellowish as you looked back. It glowed but left a small line in the sky so it might have been smoke I could not see it other than the line it left
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It was like a sparkler, a big one and you could see little sparks off of it than glowed for a second then I could not see where they went
