Observer | |
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Name | Tom A |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | this was the biggest meteor event I have ever witnessed. This might have been a quarter to half as big as the one in Russia or perhaps a bit smaller, where it flew over which I estimate by the delay to be about 60 seconds to 90 seconds, so I estimate about 50 miles away. |
Location | |
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Address | San Luis Obispo, CA |
Latitude | 35° 15' 48.3'' N (35.263418°) |
Longitude | 120° 37' 43.55'' W (-120.628763°) |
Elevation | 128.54895m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2015-10-23 22:45 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2015-10-24 05:45 UT |
Duration | ≈7.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 217° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 14.26° |
First azimuth | 25.15° |
First elevation | 45° |
Last azimuth | 4.74° |
Last elevation | 13° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
Color | White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | 30 second sonic booms and rumbling |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | see above |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | light up the area around where we were at like daytime |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | broken orange fragments approx. 20 in a line stretched out in front of the meteor |