Reports Report 8060db (Event 8060-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Marsea S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | FANTASTIC exploding bright loud meteor which lit up the partly cloudy night sky while we listened to GD music outside!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Ashland, OR |
| Latitude | 42° 11' 45'' N (42.195832°) |
| Longitude | 122° 42' 35.95'' W (-122.709987°) |
| Elevation | 585.612732m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-04 19:30 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-05 02:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 117° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 173.29° |
| First azimuth | 173.66° |
| First elevation | 56° |
| Last azimuth | 232.88° |
| Last elevation | 17° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Light Blue, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Flash of light, then exploding/boom bomb sound (entering atmosphere?), it then split into two... |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | ...booming as it split |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | first the light, streaking growing fire ball, then the flashing, then fragmentation |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | after the growing fireball exploded BOOM it split into two pieces which flew through the sky downward at an angle but where my view was in ashland, the ridgeline to the south of town obscured the view, so my horizon was not earth line, it was tree line. |