Reports Report 3311b (Event 3311-2018)

Observer
Name Ben H
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks My wife, son, and I were driving and all saw it. It was beautiful, sort of emerald green color and lasted surprisingly long. It also moved fairly slow compared to a normal shooting star
Location
Address Sublimity, OR
Latitude 44° 50' 46.98'' N (44.846383°)
Longitude 122° 47' 40.31'' W (-122.794531°)
Elevation 143.599m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2018-08-30 19:20 PDT
UT Date & Time 2018-08-31 02:20 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 96°
Moving
Facing azimuth 179.41°
First azimuth 176.98°
First elevation 30°
Last azimuth 206.12°
Last elevation 27°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 15°
Remarks Smokey train, some glow like debris burning in the trail white smoke and flame, but main fire was green
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks The fire was green, then flickered, turned white, flashed green again then it burned out and was gone.