Reports Report 6416ao (Event 6416-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dan S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | The sky was very clear and it was one of the most vibrant meteors I’ve seen. It was so bright over the city, and I’m at very high in elevation with an unobstructed view to McLaren Park in the south edge of SF. I also see many planes from SFO, this was not a plane. In terms of width comparison it would be at least 10-20 times the size of a jet light at safe altitude. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Francisco, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 44' 43.26'' N (37.74535°) |
| Longitude | 122° 25' 56.09'' W (-122.432247°) |
| Elevation | 114.806442m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-12-15 06:30 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-12-15 14:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 97° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 93.79° |
| First azimuth | 88.22° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 160.6° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Yellow, Light Yellow, White with large trailing fragments of white/orange/yellow, smaller red, orange and pink fragments spinning/scattering off |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.75s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | Long turbulent trail with long white/yellow/orange trail fragments, and red, pink scattering and spinning smaller fragments - the center of the fireball was bright green with a small pink halo. I saw it against the morning predawn sky against indigo deep orange sky |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Long turbulent trail with long white/yellow/orange trail fragments, and red, pink scattering and spinning smaller fragments - |