Reports Report 1410a (Event 1410-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Michael S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | At 12:28am pacific time, September 27, 2012. Lasted for around six seconds, heading north/north-west. Seen From Medford, Oregon. Started near the sight of the moon ending a little past two brighter stars to the right of the moon, burning bright white with a little orange and broke into around four pieces; might have been popping sound. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Medford, OR |
| Latitude | 42° 21' 2.3'' N (42.350639°) |
| Longitude | 122° 52' 6.94'' W (-122.868594°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-09-27 00:28 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-09-27 07:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 234.81512° |
| First azimuth | 240.00167° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 277.31416° |
| Last elevation | 68° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Mostly white, very slight |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was with a friend, I had stood up and my chair made noise at the same time but he thinks he heard a boom a couple seconds after it appeared but it may not have. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 18° |
| Remarks | One mostly bright white train, very slightly yellow/orange all around it's side; breaking into around four to five piewhichever trains that were more yellow in nature with the length of around 2-5 degrees. White train dimmed down as it burnt up behind it, not that slow or fast, but at a medium rate. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | It began with a yellowish white spot, then the streak lit up to a bright white almost like a lit magnesium strip; fragmentation into four to five pieces one after another right before it all burnt out more yellow in nature; breaking off at around fourty-five degree angles from either side of the leading part. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |