Reports Report 635e (Event 635-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julie F |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was unexpected, was just finishing dinner clean-up and had the lights dimmed very low to watch the end of the sunset. There is no light or source of light in the direction that it appeared and its nice and dark there. It startled me. It was very bright and very big and happened pretty fast. At first I thought something was on fire in the sky and then when it went out my next thought was that it was a shooting star. I then thought to look and see what meteor showers were happening right now and started reading about the green comet. However, what I saw was not that. The flash I saw was in a more northerly direction and lower on the horizon and more horizontal versus perpendicular. Colors were like a white hot fire with a silvery tail. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Brookfield, WI |
| Latitude | 43° 2' 29.03'' N (43.041398°) |
| Longitude | 88° 7' 18.88'' W (-88.121912°) |
| Elevation | 255.616104m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-01-31 18:45 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-02-01 00:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 89° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 350° |
| First azimuth | 340° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 4° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Pink, Orange, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | Silvery grey glowing shadow |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Really bright, really big flash of bright then dimming colors |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Starburst is the only way I know how to describe it |