Reports Report 675ab (Event 675-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Keten B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was the brightest, seemingly closest comet I have seen, and I had never seen one that left such an extraordinary tail, like jet stream. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lawrenceville, GA |
| Latitude | 33° 53' 47.17'' N (33.896437°) |
| Longitude | 84° 0' 16.8'' W (-84.004666°) |
| Elevation | 315.508545m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-07 18:38 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-07 23:38 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 201° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 235° |
| First azimuth | 253.6° |
| First elevation | 68° |
| Last azimuth | 217.58° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The train/shooting star was pale blue, though my husband says white when er first saw it in a. Straight er linr at first sitting, but then before the object seemed to explode, tail stream was wider and a little erratic. Almost wobbly before the object got very bright white about 20-30degrees above horizon, like it had caught fire. The stream it left behind at that point lasted several minutes, and looked like a corkscrew version of a plane's stream, though this was definitely not a plane. Unfortunately, my husband left phone in car, the picture I took of tail over tree on horizon looks like faint smoke |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above comment. Occurred about 20-30 degrees above horizon of trees and bldgs. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |