Reports Report 5425e (Event 5425-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nate W |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | In case I set up the map wrong, I saw it pass to the right of Eta Piscium by about 1-2 degrees. (The Google satellite image of my location shows trees that have been cut, so my view was clear.) Peak brightness was brighter than Jupiter. It was moving at the speed of fast meteors. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Johnson City, TN |
| Latitude | 36° 14' 51.5'' N (36.247639°) |
| Longitude | 82° 17' 20.59'' W (-82.289053°) |
| Elevation | 634.834534m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-09-16 00:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-09-16 04:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 187° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 104.67° |
| First azimuth | 107.04° |
| First elevation | 51° |
| Last azimuth | 106.06° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 20s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | Glowing and then smoky, narrow at the beginning and end but maybe about 1/8 degree wide at center, slightly spiral in shape (like maybe just over one tight corkscrew about 1/2 the width of the widest point) very slightly sparkly at first, glowing faded a lot over about 5 seconds but dim smokiness persisted for 20-30 seconds |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Seemed to break up in the middle of the smoke trail, making the sparkling. Only a smaller piece (maybe magnitude +1 to +2) persisted. |