| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Matthew V |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | It looked like the movie Armageddon. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lamont, CA |
| Latitude | 35° 15' 16.26'' N (35.254518°) |
| Longitude | 118° 55' 4.6'' W (-118.917945°) |
| Elevation | 120.205m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-27 21:45 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-28 04:45 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 84° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 84° |
| First elevation | 58° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 31° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | A smoke trail that did change different colors, then separated into two pieces. Then those two pieces separated into four or more pieces, making it breaking into more than eight pieces. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It broke into two pieces that broke into eight or more pieces. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Color changing from the trail. |