Reports Report 2488j (Event 2488-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fred W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Brightest thing I've seen since the Oct 12, 2012 fireball which I saw from Emeryville, and turned out to be a meteor that landed in Novato. I was outside looking at the night sky for the ISS, which my email alert had told me was going to fly over at 7:27. Sure enough, maybe 2 or 3 minutes after this fireball, this ISS tracked across the exact same swath of sky from our vantage, I'm glad it didn't get hit!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Berkeley, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 52' 3.08'' N (37.867522°) |
| Longitude | 122° 14' 33.8'' W (-122.242723°) |
| Elevation | 257.57782m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-10-04 19:24 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-10-05 02:24 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 240° |
| First azimuth | 197° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 197° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Brilliantly bright, pale green, round flash, though it wasn't exactly terminal, the white steak continued in the same straight line heading down towards the horizon, almost due south. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There weren't multiple streaks, so it may have been skipping instead of fragmentation, but the steak varied in thickness/intensity, with moments of being a dashed line. |