| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Joy C |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Mateo, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 31' 54.66'' N (37.53185°) |
| Longitude | 122° 21' 59.38'' W (-122.366495°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-17 19:45 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-18 02:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 305° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 346.9124° |
| First azimuth | 347.62843° |
| First elevation | 79° |
| Last azimuth | 355.93498° |
| Last elevation | 75° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | white, yellow, orange, re |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | Seemed like an intense shooting star, glowing, big, bright... had color, started out white and then seemed yellow/orange/red? |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It seemed to come out of nowhere, saw a big bright something move across the sky in an arc, the tail and then and then a big bright flash and gone! |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |