Reports Report 3970d (Event 3970-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christopher D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It hung light a small half moon. Crescent presentation. It’s tail only appeared a few moments before it disappeared completely, leaving only dark sky where it had been... No visible fragmentations. We thought it was a light from a house on a hill at first. But, as we drove towards it, we realized it was above the skyline. It was so large, it looked like a small planet until it’s tail appeared. I’m other words, it looked stationary for the majority of the time. Seeing the tail only led us to believe that it was on a pretty straight path to where we saw it from. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mariposa, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 27' 36'' N (37.459999°) |
| Longitude | 120° 0' 12.35'' W (-120.003431°) |
| Elevation | 544.974182m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-08-04 00:30 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-08-04 07:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 232° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 7° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 26° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |