Reports Report 238n (Event 238-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Phillip S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Manhattan, KS |
| Latitude | 39° 10' 27.38'' N (39.174271°) |
| Longitude | 96° 24' 58.85'' W (-96.416346°) |
| Elevation | 302.906128m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-01-13 00:30 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-01-13 06:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 120° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 183.92° |
| First azimuth | 186.2° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 202.61° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Blue, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Looked like a wider shooting star and when it stopped traveling it still shined for a brief moment |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Brighter, more colorful, and a lasting end to what looked like a brighter wider shooting star. The ending lights were not circular like an "explosion" but more like an expansive, and paused, illumination on the same trajectory |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |