Reports Report 6425ff (Event 6425-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hope Z |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Earlier, my husband and I were using an astronomy app because the sky was clear and I could see Jupiter with my naked eye. That was in the opposite direction of the fireball or whatever it was I just saw. When it showed up from behind my neighbors trees, I wasn’t really sure what I was observing, but realized it looked like a huge shooting star. I interrupted my husband’s conversation and made him turn around, and he saw it right before it went behind out other neighbor’s house. It reminded me of the color and brightness of LED lights. Feel like I witnessed something amazing or really unbelievable. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Point Pleasant, NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 5' 16.29'' N (40.087858°) |
| Longitude | 74° 4' 21.53'' W (-74.072648°) |
| Elevation | 2.922094m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-08 19:25 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-09 00:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 14.83° |
| First azimuth | 16.2° |
| First elevation | 19° |
| Last azimuth | 17.85° |
| Last elevation | 12° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light blue/white (like a LED) |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Glowing train, larger and brighter closer to the front, smaller and less bright at the end of trail |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |