Reports Report 4226d (Event 4226-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Donald B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This was such an amazing experience that below (in quotations) is what I posted on my facebook shortly after that night. "Who saw that amazing shooting star across our clear night sky at 12:45 am? It traveled from south going north east from 99th and Austin to 97th and central! Most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time while sitting on my front porch step.... I yelled out wooow in disbelief, then after I stood up in my front lawn looking up (where I saw the amazing shooting star) had a moment with my lost Brother Jeffery Nowocin... saying hi to him while smiling. Then I told him I missed him and that I was sorry I was not there for him.... Then closed my eyes and I gave him a spiritual hug and cried while holding and laying my head on his shoulder...." I don't know it you will be able to verify my sighting, but I thought it might be pretty cool if someone else had seen the beautiful accurance our night sky provided us last night. I am hoping to here some good news and maybe some others experience while observing. Thank you for the opportunity to share my experience through your scientific website. Sincerely, Donald Burns dburns.career@gmail.com 708-307-5867 |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Oak Lawn, IL |
| Latitude | 41° 42' 42.27'' N (41.711741°) |
| Longitude | 87° 46' 10.51'' W (-87.769587°) |
| Elevation | 181.834m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-10-17 00:45 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-10-17 05:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 70° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 41.57° |
| First azimuth | 41.65° |
| First elevation | 53° |
| Last azimuth | 41.12° |
| Last elevation | 7° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After watching the largest (large shooting star I've every seen) I thought this is going to explode soon (after approx 3 sec) and then it disappeared just above the horizon. Then a second or two later I thought I heard and felt a crackling type boom after it had disappeared. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | 80° |
| Remarks | It was a big glowing star/ball largest (large shooting star I've ever seen), where the trail glowed for a couple seconds then thinned out dissipated smoke trail before disappearing just above the horizon. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |