| Observer |
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| Name | tony S |
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| Experience Level | 2/5 |
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| Remarks | weirdest/coolest thing I've ever seen in night sky |
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| Location |
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| Address | Oceanside, CA |
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| Latitude | 33° 12' 22.85'' N (33.21°) |
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| Longitude | 117° 16' 35.98'' W (-117.28°) |
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| Elevation | 101.62m |
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| Time and Duration |
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| Local Date & Time | 2018-10-17 22:30 PDT |
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| UT Date & Time | 2018-10-18 05:30 UT |
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| Duration | ≈3.5s |
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| Direction |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
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| Descent Angle | 142° |
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| Moving |
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| Facing azimuth | 90.69° |
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| First azimuth | 61.21° |
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| First elevation | 90° |
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| Last azimuth | 71.7° |
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| Last elevation | 70° |
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| Brightness and color |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
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| Color | cannot recall color but it was VERY bright |
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| Concurrent Sound |
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| Observation | No |
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| Remarks | - |
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| Delayed Sound |
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| Observation | No |
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| Remarks | - |
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| Persistent train |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Duration | 1.5s |
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| Length | 30° |
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| Remarks | very bright then slowly diminished |
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| Terminal flash |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | very bright explosion |
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| Fragmentation |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | kind if squiggly line left behind explosion then faded. |
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