| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Carrie Z |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I literally thought it was going to hit the Earth and it was the begininng of Armageddon because we are due for one soon right?? Never seen anything so close or anything like it and I have seen a lot of shooting stars especially over Namibia and those don't compare to what we saw last night! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Laguna Niguel, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 32' 36.05'' N (33.543348°) |
| Longitude | 117° 41' 30.33'' W (-117.691758°) |
| Elevation | 95.265m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-04-26 21:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-04-27 04:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 158° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 250° |
| First azimuth | 250° |
| First elevation | 79° |
| Last azimuth | 250° |
| Last elevation | 18° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | White, Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | Started off a huge white glowing circle, traveled down to the bottom right with blue trails and then a Burst of yellow Orange at the end |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Started off big, went down in size when it traveled and then a big burst at the end |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |