Observer | |
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Name | Frank B |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | I have never seen as large a object and as bright an object move across the sky like this |
Location | |
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Address | Bristol, ME |
Latitude | 43° 57' 13.69'' N (43.953802°) |
Longitude | 69° 29' 17.16'' W (-69.488099°) |
Elevation | - |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2012-08-27 21:20 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2012-08-28 01:20 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From right to left |
Descent Angle | 270° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 0.65384° |
First azimuth | 1.22213° |
First elevation | 45° |
Last azimuth | 54.37214° |
Last elevation | -1° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
Color | white and gold |
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 | 4s |
Length | 20° |
Remarks | long trail, bright ball, started white and turned yellow, moving from the large dipper, west moving east and burning up in a yellow light |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | looks like it divided in two at the end when it burned up and vanished |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | - |