American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1528kb (Event 1528-2012)

Observer
Name annette
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Alameda, CA
Latitude 37° 45' 44.51'' N (37.762363°)
Longitude 122° 16' 18.33'' W (-122.271758°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-10-17 20:15 PDT
UT Date & Time 2012-10-18 03:15 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 305°
Moving
Facing azimuth 262.71985°
First azimuth 188.37203°
First elevation 22°
Last azimuth 323.98701°
Last elevation 47°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude 1
Color red tail, increasing to y
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks About 3-5 minutes later we heard two large sonic booms about 0.5 second apart
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 15°
Remarks faint glowing train
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks The red glowing built up to a sudden flare--looked a bit like a floating sheet of burning paper--the way paper bursts into flame then dies down quickly. My friend who also was there did describe seeing fragmentation.
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -