Reports Report 2236e (Event 2236-2021)

Observer
Name Marty S
Experience Level 4/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Thousand Oaks, CA
Latitude 34° 10' 13.35'' N (34.170375°)
Longitude 118° 57' 34.04'' W (-118.959456°)
Elevation 221.64267m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-04-09 21:05 PDT
UT Date & Time 2021-04-10 04:05 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 263°
Moving
Facing azimuth 265°
First azimuth 305°
First elevation 20°
Last azimuth 265°
Last elevation 22°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -8
Color Orange, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 1s
Length
Remarks the train was more orange at the tail and yellow at the front
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks it fragmented into 2 pieces as it moved, when it first appeared it was a single ball, just after half of it's duration it had more resolution and had split with the leading ball being about 40 percent of the original and the trailing ball about 60% of original size