Reports Report 5704a (Event 5704-2024)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Louis B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | The curling nature of the smoke trail leads me to think it was space debris. Very curious! |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Corrales, NM |
| Latitude | 35° 14' 36.24'' N (35.243399°) |
| Longitude | 106° 37' 5.85'' W (-106.618291°) |
| Elevation | 1543.213257m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2024-10-04 19:21 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-10-05 01:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 170° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 90° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | smoke or cloud color - see video and photo |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | I did not see this event directly. I was recording a time laps video with an iPhone16, one frame every six seconds, beginning at eleven past 7 pm. In the video as shot (no processing in phone) the smoke trail is visible in one frame at 3.21 seconds. The flash lasted for several frames. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash is in the time lapse video |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |