Reports Report 3793k (Event 3793-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sarah K |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was twilight so not fully dark but it was close to the moon (relative to my vantage point) and incredibly night and large compared to the moon. Thought it was a low flying plane at first but it grew so big and so bright and then disappeared before I could fully grasp what I’d seen |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Latitude | 35° 17' 49.31'' N (35.29703°) |
| Longitude | 120° 39' 39.92'' W (-120.66109°) |
| Elevation | 94.939301m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-07-25 20:42 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-07-26 03:42 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 241° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 261.03° |
| First azimuth | 245.85° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 256.26° |
| Last elevation | 53° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Blue, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It got wider and then disappeared. Like something passing by overhead, getting bigger and brighter, then disappearing. As quickly as it appeared, it grew and disappeared |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | When it got wider was when you could see the blue/white in the middle. Think of like a feather type shape where it was a long yellow/light orange streak that got wider and as it did another stripe of white/light blue appeared down the middle before disappearing. It got incredibly bright and large and I almost thought it was a meteor about to hit and then disappeared. |