Observer | |
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Name | Rita H |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | It was spectacular sight! I have been watching nightly for the Comet Neowise. Instead, I saw this incredible streaking light fly across the night sky! Thank You God! |
Location | |
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Address | El Cajon, CA |
Latitude | 32° 45' 36.64'' N (32.760178°) |
Longitude | 116° 55' 32.77'' W (-116.92577°) |
Elevation | 137.242722m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2020-07-25 20:46 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2020-07-26 03:46 UT |
Duration | ≈7.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down left to up right |
Descent Angle | 26° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 326.08° |
First azimuth | 353.9° |
First elevation | 90° |
Last azimuth | 334.77° |
Last elevation | - |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
Color | White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 5s |
Length | 99.99° |
Remarks | It was a glowing train that streaked from where it started. I was facing northwest, it started straight up in the sky, then followed the bright light west, as it left my sight on the horizon. It also, streaked through the pan of the Big Dipper, from where it started, to the horizon |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |