Reports Report 3525j (Event 3525-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Heath G |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Checked Stellarium a couple hours after the event. Seems object CZ-2C R/B, NORAD 31114 followed a similar path at the time. Possible re-entry event? |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Plain Dealing, LA |
| Latitude | 32° 53' 30.94'' N (32.891927°) |
| Longitude | 93° 49' 22.73'' W (-93.822981°) |
| Elevation | 62.234905m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-07-18 22:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-07-19 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 269° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 307.26° |
| First azimuth | 341.33° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 250.8° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | orange, orange/brown |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 70° |
| Remarks | an orange brown glowing train that seem to remain glowing from the first appearance of the object to a few seconds after it streaked across the sky. I.e. The trail it left seem to glow across about 70 degrees of sky. Almost looked as if there were two identical trails parallel to each other about 1 or 2 degrees apart. it was orange, orange brown in color, almost resembling (as funny/unscientific as it may seem) Doc brown's Delorean leaving fire trails behind. Really couldn't tell if the spark effect was due to fragmentation as there seem to be no drift or variance in brightness. Perhaps an object skipping out of reentry? |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |