Reports Report 7523v (Event 7523-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | BK L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I had the Astronomy merit badge in Boy Scouts (1983) and like to watch the skies. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Brazil, IN |
| Latitude | 39° 31' 2.91'' N (39.517474°) |
| Longitude | 87° 3' 24.6'' W (-87.056833°) |
| Elevation | 200.779678m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-10-28 20:50 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-10-29 00:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 265° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 360° |
| First azimuth | 56.02° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 283.83° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | smokey, bright train, enduring 2 seconds or so, very bright train as if train were still burning, hard to tell if smoke lingered at all, dark outside. Perhaps 50% the width of the head. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It appeared in a big yellow flash, then began leaving a train that seemed to sparkle a bit around the edges. The train was less bright than the head. The head popped once, then again, less bright, and it seemed that 2 small bits maybe 10% size of the head flew off. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | 2 small bits flew off the head as described above |