Reports Report 3551fo (Event 3551-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Katharine B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I'm 58 years old, never seen anything like this. I guessed it was some human-made space junk coming back down, but who knows? It was fascinating, though, because it was so different from anything I've seen before. At first I thought "shooting star" but, no, long, weird tail, super bright and big, and at 9:30PM EST (more or less). I'd be interested to know what it really was. Thanks! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Whitingham, VT |
| Latitude | 42° 48' 20.85'' N (42.805793°) |
| Longitude | 72° 49' 17.54'' W (-72.821539°) |
| Elevation | 469.559113m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-07-19 21:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-07-20 01:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 94° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 260° |
| Last elevation | 47° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 80° |
| Remarks | Very long, bright train, nothing like I've seen before (mind you, it was not even complete dark yet), wide, long and sort of "fragmented", not quite sure how to describe it. Like a smattering of pieces along the path. But the edges were clear lines, and come to think of it, they were more orange than the main part. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The last part of like a normal meteor, a sudden, small blast and out. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |