American Meteor Society

Reports Report 4500bi (Event 4500-2017)

Observer
Name MeteorMarc .
Experience Level 4/5
Remarks This fireball was pretty impressive...as fate would have it I had my back turned to it while I was outside earlier:(but the good news is that I have captured it on 3 cameras for everyone) I have posted the compilation video to the AMS site and it can be seen now on the Meteor Marc youtube channel at https://youtu.be/-GZmp0Vxwog Enjoy your Fireball !! Will add AMS # after its assigned.
Video
Location
Address San Gabriel, CA
Latitude 34° 5' 57.32'' N (34.099256°)
Longitude 118° 4' 53.75'' W (-118.081597°)
Elevation 123.19m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2017-11-18 17:27 PST
UT Date & Time 2017-11-19 01:27 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 140°
Moving
Facing azimuth 179.03°
First azimuth 138.37°
First elevation 30°
Last azimuth 148.68°
Last elevation 15°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Blue, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -