Reports Report 1616a (Event 1616-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lora M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I am not sure what it was. :) I've seen shooting stars and this was not like that in any way. It was sudden, in that a big bright white ball of light just appeared and then went out like a dying flame losing color and size and brightness. I thought maybe it was a satellite that caught a reflection of the sun, but it was way too big for that I think. Even though it only lasted a few seconds, it was long enough to watch it and say to myself three times... what is THAT? It did not streak across the sky, but it moved slowly. I was say it was moving away from me and never appeared to get lower in the sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Philadelphia, PA |
| Latitude | 40° 3' 0.26'' N (40.050072°) |
| Longitude | 75° 13' 38.46'' W (-75.227351°) |
| Elevation | 94.456757m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-07-24 02:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-07-24 06:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down to up |
| Descent Angle | - |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 62.42° |
| First azimuth | 54.11° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 47.5° |
| Last elevation | 61° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Laying in lounge chair looking up at stars. Over my head (facing sort of north east I guess - to the left of where the sun comes up in the morning) a really bright white light, much bigger then any star appeared ... like a fireball ... but was bright white. As I watched it, it got smaller and faded into nothing. Took about 6 or 7 seconds and it was gone. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |