Reports Report 2605ch (Event 2605-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Milton L |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | Very bright at first, much dimmer (0 for each) after fragmenting & moving to E hills. Extremely slow--I counted seconds for just over a minute. Time is local. No sound heard, but I was at a 76 station near a busy intersection. I authored the first astronomy curriculum for LA county school district's Upward Bound program, using a low-tech/low-cost approach that was carried on by others in the area. The only other fireball/bolide I've seen was vertical into the S. Pacific off of the Cook Islands, that I reported to the BBC's "Seeing Stars" in the mid-90s. This sighting had much greater width, as well as brightness. (I have seen a meteor fragment near the zenith, but much dimmer,with almost no width.) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sparks, NV |
| Latitude | 39° 35' 12.72'' N (39.586866°) |
| Longitude | 119° 43' 29.16'' W (-119.724768°) |
| Elevation | 1353.912476m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-27 21:36 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-28 04:36 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 135° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | light orange, but I was wearing amber "blue-blocker" night vision glasses |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the tail was short-lived ( |