Reports Report 522a (Event 522-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Marianne C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was foggy and cloudy tonight. I saw one before a very large greenish yellow one that fell straight down from the sky, I called the police department the other time, they got no calls and I searched online and saw no reports of it. My daughter was with me that time she saw it too. It was huge. I thought it was a plane crash the way it fell straight down to the Earth but figured out later it was a comet actually. This kind of reminded me of that except the color was a bit different and it didn't last as long. It was foggy out tonight but it was pretty similar. I don't know I think the other one was a comet. I don't know but I saw something tonight. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Jackson, NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 9' 21.31'' N (40.155919°) |
| Longitude | 74° 18' 7.36'' W (-74.302045°) |
| Elevation | 47.456m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-02-08 00:25 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-02-08 05:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 22° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 285.61° |
| First azimuth | 291.56° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 284.45° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -25 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |