Reports Report 2831b (Event 2831-2026)

Observer
Name keith w
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks I had never seen anything as close and as bright as this before. The travelling object looked like it would have landed in the hill to the left of state highway 8 on the Alexandra side of the Roxburgh township (probably a North Westerly direction....although that might just be west of the roxburgh township because my sense of direction from the point from which I viewed the light was that it was above and to the left of me.
Location
Address Roxburgh, Otago Region (NZ)
Latitude 45° 33' 5.95'' S (-45.551652°)
Longitude 169° 18' 50.09'' E (169.313913°)
Elevation 100.977524m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2026-04-17 05:15 NZST
UT Date & Time 2026-04-16 17:15 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up to down
Descent Angle 180°
Moving
Facing azimuth 345°
First azimuth 345°
First elevation 75°
Last azimuth 345°
Last elevation -
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color Yellow at first before turning green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -