Reports Report 1298j (Event 1298-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Laura Y |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I saw this from indoors at night with all the lights on, initially out of the corner of my eye while watching television - it was extremely bright. We observe meteor showers all the time in the desert, but I've never seen anything this bright outside of comets we have seen in the past. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | La Quinta, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 43' 35.81'' N (33.726615°) |
| Longitude | 116° 17' 24.22'' W (-116.290062°) |
| Elevation | 33.333m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-04-10 21:07 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-04-11 04:07 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 15° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 209.15° |
| First azimuth | 175.79° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | Purple, Blue, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Slight glowing train after the big light disappeared. Tried to wake my husband to get him to see it, but it was gone by the time he woke up. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It flashed bright when it first came into my field of vision and then dimmed as it got closer to the horizon. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |