Reports Report 3462c (Event 3462-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sophia O |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve watched many meteor showers before, and I know that this was much brighter than any meteor shower I’ve ever seen. It was just one bright light (so bright that it made me look up from my phone) falling really fast. At first I was scared and thought it was a plane going down, just because it was going so fast. I even got up out of my chair to get a better view, and I was watching it fall expecting an impact, but there was none. I didn’t even know what fireballs were until I frantically googled “gigantic falling star.” Anyways I hope this helps. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rancho Cordova, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 34' 46.86'' N (38.579682°) |
| Longitude | 121° 16' 44.95'' W (-121.279154°) |
| Elevation | 30.543724m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-06-16 01:20 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-06-16 08:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 239° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 133.73° |
| First azimuth | 180.51° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 74.16° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Blue, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 99.99° |
| Remarks | There was a big blue-white dot, followed by a yellow-ish trail. The trail followed it the whole way down, but it didn’t leave a streak, really. There was just a subtle yellow light following the big blue light. It disappeared with the blue light. Also I had no idea how to measure the trail, so I just put 200 for the angle. I don’t really know what it means. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |