Reports Report 5030b (Event 5030-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kelly F |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I might have the angle of its flight wrong. That's the hardest part for me to remember. But it was very bright (much, much brighter than Saturn, which wasn't too far away) and fat and orange-red, and it broke apart at the end. I saw this in a very light-polluted sky, so it would have been extremely bright in a darker sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Austin, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 24' 1.6'' N (30.400445°) |
| Longitude | 97° 41' 16.34'' W (-97.687871°) |
| Elevation | 198.039322m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-09-06 23:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-09-07 04:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 240° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 177.86° |
| First azimuth | 234.39° |
| First elevation | 44° |
| Last azimuth | 189.17° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As the fat fireball trailed off, it widened and broke into several streaks, all close to each other but separate. Also, it definitely made a glowing train while it was falling, but I don't think the train lasted after it disappeared. |