Reports Report 1191c (Event 1191-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Marilyn F |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Can you let me know what I saw, and if anyone else saw it too and could identify it? Thanks! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Levittown, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 43' 44.86'' N (40.729129°) |
| Longitude | 73° 30' 59.02'' W (-73.516395°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-10-20 19:50 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-10-20 23:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 84.5599° |
| First azimuth | 80.62205° |
| First elevation | 80° |
| Last azimuth | 73.84939° |
| Last elevation | -1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | yellow/orangish |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | nothing- quite far away and burned out before getting to the horizon. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4.5s |
| Length | 2° |
| Remarks | Glowing train tapering from the larger foward end in the eastern Long Island NY sky at about 7:50 PM. Was moving from southern sky to northern sky, arcing downwards, lasting about 5 seconds...but I spotted it as I came outdoors...don\'t know how long it may have been visable before that. At first thought it was a shooting star, but it seemed to be moving much slower slower than that, and looked much closer to earth, seemed much larger (r closer) and lasted longer than all the shooting stars I\'ve seen (I am a camper and have seen quite a few). |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |