Observer | |
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Name | Lea K |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | it was very large and noticeable - unlike a fast shooting star, it was slow in it's arc and I feared it would actually hit the Earth, until it burned up, with a moment of flaring bits in the sky in the color red before it disappeared. |
Location | |
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Address | Los Angeles, CA |
Latitude | 34° 0' 58.29'' N (34.016192°) |
Longitude | 118° 25' 49.63'' W (-118.430454°) |
Elevation | 31.945m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-12-24 17:10 PST |
UT Date & Time | 2017-12-25 01:10 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 96° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 158° |
First azimuth | 90° |
First elevation | 52° |
Last azimuth | 222.15° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
Color | White fireball with a bright red edge in front white tail |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | the front edge of the fireball was red and as it terminally ended, I saw bits burn up at the end |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | little bits of red matter |