Reports Report 4911d (Event 4911-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julius S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | What caught my attention was a bright blue sphere with reddish white outline high in the sky that moved really fast towards the horizon and vanished. In less of a second of that vanishing burning sphere, there it was the long blue trail. As the streak appeared across the sky it had fragmenting smaller glowing spheres. The size of it made me think it was a fire work, it was massive compared to the small dim streaks I see sometimes in the sky if look long enough. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Diego, CA |
| Latitude | 32° 49' 41.35'' N (32.828153°) |
| Longitude | 117° 5' 29.69'' W (-117.09158°) |
| Elevation | 146.585m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-04 22:07 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-05 06:07 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 185° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 60.55° |
| First azimuth | 61.34° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 62.17° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Red |
| 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 | A long blue streak that persisted for about a second. the middle of the streak appeared to break apart and changed to a reddish orange at the ends that separated. |