I have seen some spectacular meteors and fireballs in my 60+ years of life and observation... This ranks up there among the most spectacular and longest lasting I have witnessed.
Location
Address
Sweet Home, OR
Latitude
44° 23' 37.81'' N (44.393837°)
Longitude
122° 42' 41.25'' W (-122.711459°)
Elevation
181.727554m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-04-28 20:55 PDT
UT Date & Time
2020-04-29 03:55 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
180°
First azimuth
120°
First elevation
25°
Last azimuth
250°
Last elevation
20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Pink, Light Green, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1s
Length
15°
Remarks
Glowing contrail, bright white with pinkish hue... contrail evolved into bright white with green highlights. Contrail also seemed to consist of trailing sparks. Final visible light from meteor was more green than white as it finally vanished. Bright white was predominant color throughout until it burned out... Last visual image I recall was mostly green.
