Object appears in the lower center of photo. Just above the cloud line. I saw the object while taking night star photos testing out a new camera. I saw the object and swung my camera around to hopefully catch some of the event. The photo attached was a 6 second exposure. On the far right just above the trees you can see the lights of an aircraft showing the relative speed of an aircraft vs the speed of the object.
Photo
Location
Address
St. Charles, IL
Latitude
41° 57' 29.18'' N (41.958105°)
Longitude
88° 27' 7.84'' W (-88.452179°)
Elevation
282.135m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-09-09 22:02 CDT
UT Date & Time
2018-09-10 03:02 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
99°
Moving
Facing azimuth
340°
First azimuth
275°
First elevation
23°
Last azimuth
360°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
Yellow, white, orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Object dropped smaller pieces that burned up as well along trail line along the last 5 or so seconds it was visable to me.
