Reports Report 1528ck (Event 1528-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eric G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Francisco, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 45' 23.08'' N (37.75641°) |
| Longitude | 122° 30' 15.51'' W (-122.504307°) |
| 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 down to up |
| Descent Angle | - |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 35.26554° |
| First azimuth | 319.31791° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 358.80155° |
| Last elevation | 70° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | red, yellow, blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | About 10 seconds after it disappeared from view, I heard a loud boom in the distance. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | 25° |
| Remarks | Very bright, like fireworks. Long yellow train, meteor was breaking up into multiple pieces, was so clear that it looked like it was only a few hundred feet up (which I know is not the case), it broke up at 90 degrees. I lost site when it went behind a building. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | I saw it break into several pieces of various sizes, brightness, and color. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |