Reports Report 6547i (Event 6547-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Walter M |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | What caught my eye was a dim light crossing above but it did not have a blinking light, that of a an airplane. Next there was a thick bright orange streak just behind this point of light, about three quarters inch length. A moment later this streak elongated and a narrowed to the streak described above, keeping in mind that this was traveling horizontal across the sky. This is when I went into my house, from where I was standing while observing this phenomenon and having come off a my typical bike ride around Lake Hollingsworth to get my phone/camera just to get my bearings of the night sky and time stamp along with an attempt to get a screen grab a phone app's Stellarium Mobile - Star Map, not that it would help due to the fact it was asking for a calibration, wave the phone in a figure eight, not what I was hoping for when I needed a stable read of the sky. It's not like I didn't try. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lakeland, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 1' 49.27'' N (28.030354°) |
| Longitude | 81° 56' 19.45'' W (-81.938736°) |
| Elevation | 42.938873m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-10-30 19:26 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-10-30 23:26 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 91° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 107.34° |
| First azimuth | 88.73° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 114.69° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4.5 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | There was a visible smoke trail as the bright orange streak was a glow. Where the trail of smoke would be about a quarter inch and orange streak was an inch and a quarter. This streak was going horizontal above the horizon line. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |