My time frame isn't exact. We were walking to a friends house and didn't have a clock. But it was certainly between 7:30 and 7:50 PM. It took a few more minutes to get to our friends house. It was one of the biggest fireballs I've seen in a city setting.
Location
Address
Santa Rosa, CA
Latitude
38° 26' 3.91'' N (38.43442°)
Longitude
122° 43' 9.5'' W (-122.719305°)
Elevation
48.182426m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-10-22 19:50 PDT
UT Date & Time
2013-10-23 02:50 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
171.05°
First azimuth
179.65°
First elevation
58°
Last azimuth
237.35°
Last elevation
46°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-22
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
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Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
-
Remarks
It was a bright glowing train that broke apart into bright pieces then another smaller train streaked from the ball and pieces came from that before it disappeared over the trees by the creek where we were. There was no train when we lost sight.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I noticed it when a light too bright to be a plane was streaming at a very high speed.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Glowing fragments, roughly 1/4 to 1/7 the size of the ball came off in what looked like a pitched handful of pebbles. 2-3 of those were almost half the size of the ball. The next set after the second train was 2-3 fragments that still looked rather large. It was leaving behind the trees towards Bodega Bay and we were losing sight but they looked almost the size of the ball.
