Reports Report 590a (Event 590-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Liz L |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | We have hardly any light pollution at our house, so we've got a great view of the night sky! No street lights and we're about three miles from town. I saw another bright light going across the sky a few months ago, in roughly the same spot and (I think) the same direction - is that possible? That time it looked more distant, or less distinct, just a bright orange light moving kind of fast across sky for a few seconds. I figured then that it might have been a rocket from the aurora research at UAF in Fairbanks - I don't know if that's a possibility? We're probably too far from Fairbanks for that. What I saw tonight was way more distinct and bright, and it looked like flames and then like it blew up. It moved in the same trajectory and speed as the larger prop planes around here (like Bering Air or Ravn) and I was sure I'd just watched a plane blow up. Felt sick. Really hoping to see nothing in the news tomorrow. Sure hope it was a meteor. Thanks! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Nome, AK |
| Latitude | 64° 33' 6.76'' N (64.551879°) |
| Longitude | 165° 20' 30'' W (-165.341667°) |
| Elevation | 112.202m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-02-12 22:30 AKST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-02-13 07:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 76° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 311.66° |
| First azimuth | 303.92° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 323.66° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I'm not sure - I thought it was a plane burning up at first because it followed the same trajectory as a lot of flights here, and I remember thinking "oh no it exploded." I think it turned red and into pieces and not as bright at the end. I was pretty upset by it and don't remember the details, just that I thought it was on fire as it flew and then that it exploded. |