Reports Report 501ar (Event 501-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Michael K |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This was remarkable. Humbling, And for a moment, just a hint of terrifying. The fact that the object was moving so slowly across the sky and had such a remarkable tail/train made this really stunning. And all against the late dusk backdrop of the bridges and Bay Area skyline. Counting myself lucky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Emeryville, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 50' 14.59'' N (37.837386°) |
| Longitude | 122° 18' 5.22'' W (-122.30145°) |
| Elevation | 4.802m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-02-06 18:31 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-02-07 02:31 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 149.38° |
| First azimuth | 156.02° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 134.05° |
| Last elevation | 31° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 20s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Glowing, shimmering, seemed very long (relative to anything else i've ever seen in night sky) and wide, thinking ~40deg from the object itself. The train was what caught the eye when I was walking to my car as there are on the reg some hundreds of moving lights in the night sky over the bay come and going from SFO and Oakland airports. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |