Reports Report 5620a (Event 5620-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kurt B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was camped next to the PCT, photographing the milky way in the southern sky. The canyon lit up in an eerie blue glow. I turned my head in time to catch the meteor in the northern or northeastern sky, pretty high up. I'm reporting this over a year later, so I'm not certain about the trajectory. Also, my time could be off by as much as a few hours, and I got up in the middle of the night to pee and decided to take some pictures, so it could have been as much as a few hours earlier or as much as an hour later. I'm going by the time stamped on my photos from that night. Wish I'd had my tripod pointed north! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Independence, CA |
| Latitude | 36° 40' 23.61'' N (36.673225°) |
| Longitude | 118° 22' 57.97'' W (-118.38277°) |
| Elevation | 3643.15m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-07-19 02:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-07-19 09:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 110° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 15° |
| First azimuth | 345° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 37.61° |
| Last elevation | 44° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Blue |
| 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 | - |