Reports Report 653j (Event 653-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | C. G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | A large bright pale bluish circular ball moved quickly across the sky. I have seen meteor showers before, and it had a similar color along with a streak/line as it moved away and disappeared (slice in the sky), but was much much bigger than anything I have ever seen before. Size from my perspective looked about as large the moon is in the sky. I was driving south so only saw half of its trajectory by the time it came into view. I saw it appear above and to the right of me (to the west of me) through my front windshield, and move away from me. It moved in a south/southwesternly direction, and remained to my right when it disappeared. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Irvine, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 39' 57.99'' N (33.666108°) |
| Longitude | 117° 48' 47.1'' W (-117.813083°) |
| Elevation | 28.607702m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-03-08 23:02 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-03-09 08:02 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 116.73° |
| First azimuth | 157.54° |
| First elevation | 49° |
| Last azimuth | 105.08° |
| Last elevation | 44° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue |
| 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 | - |