Reports Report 1048a (Event 1048-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Scott W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Orangevale, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 39' 21.63'' N (38.656008°) |
| Longitude | 121° 12' 6.02'' W (-121.201671°) |
| Elevation | 52.222721m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-02-20 06:00 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-02-20 14:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 250° |
| First azimuth | 250° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 250° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Dark Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It appeared to have sparks coming off it, with slightly more sparks coming off the backside, like a very small tail. NOT a long tail, in my viewing it looked the size of a large basketball. It was dark green, but super bright shooting down from the sky. And because it was so big, I actually braced for a loud boom, like I had seen in a video from one in Russia a few years ago. But there was no sound. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | To me - the fragmentation were the sparks coming off of it. Not chunks as I have seen from meteors in the past. |