Reports Report 3016ao (Event 3016-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jacqueline C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | My boyfriend is an amateur astronomer (he hung out with a former NASA guy doing astronomy and built his own telescope as a kid) and has taught me a lot...so I think I'm a 3.5 :) we've watched quite a few showers and enjoy watching the night sky together. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Glendale, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 39' 16.76'' N (33.654655°) |
| Longitude | 112° 8' 49.27'' W (-112.14702°) |
| Elevation | 401.337m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-08-18 20:30 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-08-19 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 236° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 269.7° |
| First azimuth | 247.07° |
| First elevation | 56° |
| Last azimuth | 219.37° |
| Last elevation | 39° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 4° |
| Remarks | Also green tint, glowing and faded over time just like other meteor trains. The train is how I know it wasn't a firework. Just watched the Perseids last weekend so the look of a nice meteor train is fresh in my mind! I feel like it wasn't as bright as other trains though, by I think that was just because it was green instead of the nice warm glow I am used to. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Got brighter for a split second near the end, like another meteor I saw recently that also had fragmentation. This green one just had the flash but no fragmentation. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |