Reports Report 2071b (Event 2071-2026)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Dustin M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | The app is hard to use. I attach a copy of the Star Chart screen grab I took immediately after the sighting. Sunday night last, I was looking at Jupiter / Orion in the South/SW sky. (Castor/Pollux being the only part of thw Twins visible due to local light pollution and horizon placement, of late.) Approx 9:11 PM CST, I saw a flash out of Sirius, out of my periphery, which headed towards the belt of Orion & out of my vision. No sounds noticed over town traffic. It looked like it was going in the direction of Charlotte, TX. I don’t know the height, but around 9:20-9:30 PM, there was a DAL/LAR flight at about 25k ft per Flightaware. I forget the flight. But plane same size as object, which was between straw & pumkin in color & equally bright but larger than Sirius. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Pleasanton, TX |
| Latitude | 28° 57' 42.38'' N (28.961771°) |
| Longitude | 98° 29' 57.64'' W (-98.499344°) |
| Elevation | 129.033279m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2026-03-22 21:11 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-03-23 02:11 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 102° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 200.57° |
| First azimuth | 202.95° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 230.63° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Orange |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |