Reports Report 2386m (Event 2386-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Harry R |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Very bright and big. We were under our covered patio and so didn’t see it until it cleared the patio to our left front. There are houses in the direction we observed it depart, so we didn’t see its complete descent. We were watching a firefly when it appeared … quite the contrast! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | McAllen, TX |
| Latitude | 26° 16' 9.34'' N (26.26926°) |
| Longitude | 98° 14' 14.04'' W (-98.237232°) |
| Elevation | 34.367874m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-04-28 20:33 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-04-29 01:33 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 189° |
| First azimuth | 119° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 170° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Light Green, Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard a couple of faint booms several seconds after it was gone, but don’t know if it was related to it or just city noise. (Also, my wife thought it was orange-ish while I thought it was green-ish or multi-colored. Regardless, it was big and very bright, like a big firework heading south, with a fairly horizontal and gentle decent.) |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |