Reports Report 2685a (Event 2685-2023)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Anubhav D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | It was most probably a meteor (probability >92 %) and it burned out in the atmosphere itself since I was able to see the thin trail as the meteor burned out into small particles. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Faridabad, Haryana (IN) |
| Latitude | 28° 24' 34.18'' N (28.409495°) |
| Longitude | 77° 20' 45.28'' E (77.345911°) |
| Elevation | 206.333694m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2023-04-26 18:42 IST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-04-26 13:12 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 260° |
| First azimuth | 280° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 260° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, Red, 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 | 68s |
| Length | 99.99° |
| Remarks | a fragmented, reddish-orange, incandescent trail of smoke with little gaps between each piece. It had a very small trail of smoke at first, but after about first15 seconds, it began to become thicker. Near the end, it nearly completely vanished with a thin track of non-glowing smoke, disappearing again after about 15 to 18 seconds. When the route abruptly turned away from its nearly straight path, it began to thin out. The unexpected deviation was around 10-15 degrees. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fragments were small with almost very few gaps between them. It started just after 5-6 seconds of the observation. They were more prominent when the trail was thick with the fragments being bigger and having more gaps between them and were more bright than in the rest of the observation. Additionally, there was hardly any fragmentation visible when it deviated from its straight-line route, and again towards the end, the fragments were visible being smaller and thinner, had little spaces between them, and also lost some of their brightness. In the last 8 to 10 seconds, hardly any fragmentation was observed. |