Reports Report 1528ag (Event 1528-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Peter H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I literally had a camera in my hands (I was takng a shot of the setting crescent moon over the Transamerica pyramid) and saw a bright object in my peripheral vision, to the left and above. I looked away from the camera and It was so bright and spectacular lookng, not to mention lasting for several seconds, that it was only after it was gone that I realized I could have taken a picture of it. Doh! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Francisco, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 48' 38.88'' N (37.810801°) |
| Longitude | 122° 22' 16.69'' W (-122.371302°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-17 19:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-18 02:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 265.94728° |
| First azimuth | 205.34° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 319.30559° |
| Last elevation | 43° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Yellow and orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard some muffled booms but it was perhaps a minute later and I thought that they could not be related. Thinking back on it, and not knowng the distance between me and the object, I suppose they (knd of a double boom, like thunder in the distance) very welll could have been a sonic boom. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | When first observed, I thought it was a firework but couldn\'t fgure out how it could be traveling parallel to the ground, straight across the western sky from south to north, a little less than half way up the sky. The entire event lasted from 4 to 5 seconds; easily one of the two longest, brightest meteor/fireballs I have ever seen (I\'m nearly 58 y.o.). A very long, glowing train, mostly yellow and orange, with pieces breaking off and flaring, again looking like a single firework flaring straight across the sky. I wish my family could have seen it |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Multiple pieces breaking off and flaring almost from the moment I first observed it. Pieces continued in the same directioon and flared out fairly quckly. Again, very much like a fireworks effect. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |