Reports Report 2635bj (Event 2635-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Aaron F |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It almost looked like a firework coming down, because of the way it fragmented. But for as big as it appeared, I heard no sounds before, during or after I saw it. I was also accompanied by about 5 other people, who disappointingly, were not as impressed as I was. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Merced, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 21' 9.01'' N (37.352503°) |
| Longitude | 120° 28' 17.24'' W (-120.471455°) |
| Elevation | 56.747612m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-10-23 23:20 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-10-24 06:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 108° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 172.26° |
| First azimuth | 150.83° |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 171.74° |
| Last elevation | 34° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 9° |
| Remarks | I've seen trails before during a normal meteor shower when a bright moon was out. Like that, long straight wisp, but disappeared when the fire ball died out. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | What I saw was a large fairly consistent bright green/teal ball. Then trail caught my eye when I noticed what looked like more than one tail, then it fragmented into about dozen pieces. The fragments went dark a half second later. |