Reports Report 832b (Event 832-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sylvia G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was watering plants and I stopped to look at the mountains to see if they had snow on them when I saw the bright short streak and flash. My first reaction since I'm 2 blocks from the freeway was, did a helicopter go down? I started and looked around and I thought no couldn't be a helicopter that was a flash I think it was a meteor. Also time estimate was between 545pm PST and 615pm. Before dusk. When I didn't see anything on the news I thought could I be the only one that saw it? When I heard something was seen in Scotland I thought ok it had to be a meteor, I know I saw something, pretty cool to see it during the day! It was very bright |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | West Covina, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 4' 41.51'' N (34.078196°) |
| Longitude | 117° 55' 19.58'' W (-117.922105°) |
| Elevation | 129.381m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-02-29 18:00 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-03-01 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 154° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 55.92° |
| First azimuth | 52.04° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 59.1° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -25 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was still light out, and meteor was real bright and I think I did see a a streak then fat flash just real quick fraction of second |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |