| Observer |
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| Name | Matthew W |
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| Experience Level | 5/5 |
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| Remarks | I have seen several large sky splitting shooting stars, this one is the largest I've seen by a magnitude of 2. |
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| Location |
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| Address | Chino, CA |
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| Latitude | 33° 57' 56.08'' N (33.97°) |
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| Longitude | 117° 38' 59.32'' W (-117.65°) |
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| Elevation | 178.35m |
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| Time and Duration |
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| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-26 04:30 PST |
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| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-26 12:30 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 | 127° |
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| Moving |
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| Facing azimuth | 85.96° |
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| First azimuth | 88.3° |
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| First elevation | 27° |
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| Last azimuth | 88.77° |
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| Last elevation | 12° |
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| Brightness and color |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
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| Color | Dark Green, Green |
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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 | 2s |
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| Length | 60° |
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| Remarks | Bright green shooting star, appeared to explode, and a second after it split it appeared to explode again. 1 comet split a total of 2 times |
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| Terminal flash |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | Bright green |
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| Fragmentation |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | First fragment was large and was visible for a second before fragmenting a second time. It faded away after the second fragment |
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