Reports Report 2533h (Event 2533-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lianne D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I've never seen any meteor this large, round, and bright -- bright and fast enough to catch my attention from the TV screen so I turned in time to see it. Also, much lower in the sky than I've seen before, and streaking almost crosswise, relatively speaking. Very beautiful! Thanks for this site because I want to *not* be the only one who saw this. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Diego, CA |
| Latitude | 32° 44' 10.82'' N (32.73634°) |
| Longitude | 117° 7' 59.7'' W (-117.133249°) |
| Elevation | 95.504m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-21 21:00 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-22 04:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 257° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 115° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 70° |
| Last elevation | 24° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked like giant sparks falling off a big round, very brilliant white sphere; like the drips that come off a sparkler, and then it flashed out, as if it broke into those fragmented sparks and burned out or blinked out as falling stars do. Didn't hear anything because I was sitting on the floor watching Jurassic Park III on TV when I caught sight of it, looking up through a window on my left, which is probably why I thought "meteor" -- all those dinosaurs, right? :-) |