Reports Report 4150bf (Event 4150-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Leng T |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | The position of where I was looking at was not very ideal. I was looking towards the Aquarid meteor shower from haley's comet direction in May 2021 since that was the last part of the sky I saw some meteors. This fireball was not in that direction. As the fireball lit up the sky and I heard a BOOM noise I immediately look up, away from my phone, and saw a fireball up in the sky for about 2 seconds. Sadly I had very little room to move around so I could not fully see everything. I'm no expert in this but have been very intrigued in all of this this year and I'm glad I witnessed my first fireball. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sacramento, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 30' 21.64'' N (38.506011°) |
| Longitude | 121° 28' 36.93'' W (-121.476925°) |
| Elevation | 6.446382m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-07-31 00:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-07-31 07:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 113° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 111° |
| First azimuth | 105° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 113° |
| Last elevation | 47° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard a boom noise for about 1-2 seconds |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it happened the sky lit up bright for about a few seconds |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |