Reports Report 1528fy (Event 1528-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Enid W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I\'ve never seen anything like it and I could only guess it was a meteorite at the time! I SO wanted to put the phone down & chase it, (but my sister was having a crisis at the time.) Dang! I found out about you when I went on Facebook and discovered that a friend had seen something, too. I guess the Internet is good for something after all...my comments aren\'t important but I am just so darned excited I can\'t help it! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Oakland, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 46' 2.17'' N (37.767269°) |
| Longitude | 122° 9' 52.83'' W (-122.164676°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-17 19:45 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-18 02:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 245.97953° |
| First azimuth | -1° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 266.28117° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | white with sparks of yell |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I heard a \"sizzling\" sound as the trail shot off a few sparks. So exciting! A friend way up in Marin (CA) heard a \"boom.\" |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 7° |
| Remarks | Sitting on my elevated back porch, I saw the fireball go right across my backyard...just above tree-top height. So it seemed to be about basketball sized, with a long fiery trail. Color of fireball & trail was mostly white, with some yellow and a few sparks. I actual heard it \"sizzle\" as it went past. I knew it wasn\'t a lone fireworks, because of the extreme horizontal flight path. If I hadn\'t been in my bathrobe (and talking on the phone) at the time, I would have run out the front door and down the street to see where it landed. Whoooeee! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |