The fireball caught me off-guard as I was just on my computer and saw it out of my large second-story window so I was only able to train my eyes on the ~second half of the burn up.
Location
Address
Sunnyvale, CA
Latitude
37° 20' 21.51'' N (37.339308°)
Longitude
122° 2' 23.23'' W (-122.039787°)
Elevation
66.8815m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-08-17 20:06 PDT
UT Date & Time
2014-08-18 03:06 UT
Duration
<1s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
183.3°
First azimuth
185.71°
First elevation
47°
Last azimuth
201.85°
Last elevation
37°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
-
Length
5°
Remarks
Lasted about as long as the fire-ball itself, was a slightly more yellow orange and looked very homogeneous.
