Observer | |
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Name | Marna H |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | I observed 3 meteors last night around 11:15 pm in the eastern sky. I look for meteors every clear night and hadn\'t seen any in quite some time. What a treat and a surprise to witness tonight\'s fireball! Thank you for your website. |
Location | |
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Address | Santa Rosa, CA |
Latitude | 38° 27' 14.43'' N (38.454009°) |
Longitude | 122° 36' 30.74'' W (-122.608538°) |
Elevation | - |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2012-10-17 19:48 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2012-10-18 02:48 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up to down |
Descent Angle | 180° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 182.99655° |
First azimuth | 183.19406° |
First elevation | 35° |
Last azimuth | 185.48161° |
Last elevation | 32° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | white |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 2.5s |
Length | 15° |
Remarks | At first, I observed what appeared to be an airplane with a bright white light traveling north. Then, there appeared to be an explosive, enlarging of the light. Finally \'pieces\' of it veered slightly north-easterly. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Please see description on page 8. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | - |