Reports Report 831x (Event 831-2019)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 831-2019
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Stephen M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was looking out towards the Monterey Bay, Pacific Ocean, driving extremely slowly on a dirt road, just leaving an event. I have gotten up late at night sometimes to look at meteor showers and have looked for meteors on many camping trips over the last 50 years. The brief green color was noteworthy in this one. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Santa Cruz, CA |
| Latitude | 36° 58' 59.55'' N (36.98°) |
| Longitude | 122° 3' 39.48'' W (-122.06°) |
| Elevation | 134.29m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-02-20 20:58 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-02-21 04:58 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 14° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 167.62° |
| First azimuth | 176° |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 158° |
| Last elevation | 26° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Started green, changed quickly to yellow or yellow orange. I've only ever seen one remotely like this. It was near Lake Tahoe maybe 4th of July? in the 1960s. Brightness was as many of these things a guess. Much brighter than any of the meteors in the 197 |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | For the next question actually. maybe a terminal flash? I don't know. The trail left so fast, I didn't have a good thought about it. I was in a car driving about 4 miles an hour looking straight at it, fortunately. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |