Reports Report 5193do (Event 5193-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | David H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | We live on a mountain top with 360° unimpaired views. We are self-taught amateur astronomers with a fair amount of quality glass and mediocre cameras. Binoculars, spotting scopes, and a few telescopes, including an 8” Celestron 8SE. In other words, we are sky watchers who spend time on Earth gazing heavenwards. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Shaver Lake, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 4' 21.3'' N (37.072584°) |
| Longitude | 119° 18' 44.12'' W (-119.312255°) |
| Elevation | 1776.230225m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-08-21 20:12 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-08-22 03:12 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 255.13° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 120.72° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It sounded like a faint, or distant, sonic boom, about 45 to 60 seconds afterwards. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The final fragment, largest of the several, ended in a spherical shape somewhat larger than the diameter of the trailing tail. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it first entered the atmosphere and lit up, it was a single, large, slow moving streak. About one second after appearing, it fragmented into at least three pieces; one large, which continued for another few seconds, and the others smaller, which soon disappeared. The larger section then fragmented again, into at least two pieces, one large and the other small. The larger piece continued on for another second or so, then terminated in a bright flash. |