Reports Report 2325ab (Event 2325-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lincoln J |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Been looking at the sky for 28 years, this was by far the most impressive thing I have seen that I felt was important and cool enough to go online and report it. Truly curious to know more about it if anyone obtains any information. Quite cool, and happy it was viewable by a chanced glance at the sky from my yard at midnight. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Bluffton, SC |
| Latitude | 32° 14' 28.51'' N (32.241254°) |
| Longitude | 80° 55' 35.43'' W (-80.926508°) |
| Elevation | 5.437603m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-05-14 00:40 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-05-14 04:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 96° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 240.46° |
| First azimuth | 186.34° |
| First elevation | 39° |
| Last azimuth | 286.2° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Whisp’n and it was so low it left a clean trail behind it tracing after the flash dissipated |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | It was illuminated by what light was in the sky and it looked pretty clear and white, beneath the darkness. Stars were everywhere and sky was super super clear. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | HUGE bright white and blue flash, that sputtered out to an end leaving only a trail it left |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There was the flash and then many smaller and quicker flaring flashes that seemed to “flash apart” |