Observer | |
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Name | Tony S |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | One time working in Oakland I saw the space shuttle re-enter the atmosphere in Oakland California that’s what got me excited about the skies but this siding was very amazing I have been waiting for months to see a good falling star meteor and I saw it tonight I had to run in the house and tell the others you missed it you missed it !!! It was a very bright flash that came into the atmosphere long white trail turns into green,liter green for a while and then it splits into like 8 to 10 pieces five . or the smaller ones going up , four of the other ones going down into the atmosphere all these pieces seem to be very large, one was larger than the rest , smoking and burning out dissipating out .One of the best sightings I have ever saw in 65 years , Tony S |
Location | |
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Address | Vacaville, CA |
Latitude | 38° 25' 4.8'' N (38.42°) |
Longitude | 121° 57' 20.2'' W (-121.96°) |
Elevation | 37.38m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2022-07-02 21:35 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2022-07-03 04:35 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 119° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 45° |
First azimuth | 43° |
First elevation | 65° |
Last azimuth | 25° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
Color | Green, Orange, White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1.5s |
Length | 30° |
Remarks | OK first it was a flash white light shooting downward,Big long trail , poof then into the green and then exploding and multiple pieces flying off 8 to 10 good size parts, smoking and disappearing like |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | The terminal flash is when the light exploded and parts disintegrated 8 to 10 pieces were good size that I could see them dissipating |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | As I watch it from white to green pow and it flashed orange and yellowish and the fragments split apart I saw 8 to 10 parts four-go north,five go south |