Reports Report 1698h (Event 1698-2025)

Observer
Name Jou F
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Friant, CA
Latitude 36° 59' 5.43'' N (36.984843°)
Longitude 119° 39' 2.27'' W (-119.65063°)
Elevation 217.962616m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-03-21 00:00 PDT
UT Date & Time 2025-03-21 07:00 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 337°
Moving
Facing azimuth 191.13°
First azimuth -
First elevation -
Last azimuth 180°
Last elevation 35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -5
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 4s
Length -
Remarks It had a long trail, then suddenly stopped. Didn't disappear.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It flashed, possibly coming towards. Then the slow growing flash suddenly had a huge explosion, spliting into 2 different pieces, no glowing trail after the split. One of them disappeared but the other stayed for a bit slowly falling down with no glow trail
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It exploded into 2 pieces, one of them disappeared while the other was still visible, falling slowly, it fell out of my view.