Reports Report 588z (Event 588-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hilary |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Coarsegold, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 11' 52.86'' N (37.198016°) |
| Longitude | 119° 45' 14.9'' W (-119.754139°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-04-22 07:50 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-04-22 14:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 348.99646° |
| First azimuth | 18.79988° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 316.73572° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | silver white, red/brown s |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | yes, a brilliant very very bright silver white in blue sky-glowing train for 4 seconds+, then as the meteor broke up at final point, I noticed the white silver fading and a reddish brownnish smoke trail. The silver white streak got brighter before the break up. It was the brightest and thickest meteor I have ever seen, and this was during the day!!!! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I can\'t remember colors, but it exploded and particles and brown streak followed. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |