Reports Report 863f (Event 863-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Megan C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | That was the most interesting thing I have ever seen. I've seen meteor showers before, always far away and only briefly. The tails were always white, I am assuming because they were far away. This seemed to last for a long time because it was so detailed compared to anything I had ever seen. Really, though it was probably less than a second. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Las Vegas, NV |
| Latitude | 35° 59' 35.49'' N (35.993192°) |
| Longitude | 115° 10' 56.41'' W (-115.182337°) |
| Elevation | 704.939941m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-04-08 23:00 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-04-09 06:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 278.19° |
| First azimuth | 272.75° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 304.86° |
| Last elevation | 41° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | White, bright blue at the back (maybe light blue) like a flame. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | The ball was really bright, almost white at the nose but blue in the tail. The tail stretched out with blue in the center, long and red at the end. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I'm not sure if this is what you mean. It brightened after I saw the red tail stretch out and I think it went really bright then went out. It happened just as it went out of my field of vision. I had the impression that the light went out before it left my field of vision. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |