Reports Report 3216iu (Event 3216-2016)

Observer
Name Kristina T
Experience Level 4/5
Remarks It looked bigger than a harvest full moon on fire going across the entire sky with a long train. Very big and bright. Slow moving. First there was a smaller meteor then there was the giant one. I was waiting to see an exposition when it was going towards the ground, but there was nothing. We were outside camping and all of us had a perfect view of it coming from over the ocean on to land. Really hard to expain how massively big and bright it was. It looked like something out of a movie..a once in a lifetime experience.
Location
Address Sandlake, OR
Latitude 45° 17' 40.07'' N (45.294465°)
Longitude 123° 57' 32.04'' W (-123.958901°)
Elevation 16.662m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2016-09-02 23:15 PDT
UT Date & Time 2016-09-03 06:15 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 91°
Moving
Facing azimuth 303.36°
First azimuth 202.75°
First elevation 70°
Last azimuth 351.71°
Last elevation 35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -28
Color Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration -
Length -
Remarks Glowing train
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -