Reports Report 4701a (Event 4701-2022)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Eric Michael H |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This was the first time I ever saw something so bright shooting across the daylight sky. I did watch the last Shuttle launch from Titusvile, and it reminded me of the launch, but this went across the sky sideways. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | , FL |
| Latitude | 27° 36' 1.26'' N (27.600351°) |
| Longitude | 82° 29' 43.04'' W (-82.495288°) |
| Elevation | 7.497252m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2022-08-04 06:10 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-08-04 10:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 87° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 75° |
| First azimuth | 30° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 75° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | White |
| 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 | 30s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | It was sun up, when looked up and saw some brownish gold trail turning into white with some kind of head. thought it was a space launch since I live in Florida, and watched the last shuttle launch. I was an aerospace photographer for Sperry /Lockheed Martin. I worked at a NASA missel base on Wallops Island watching rocket launches. I also photographed two Astronomy books, and have a friend who is a contributing editor to SKY and Tel and Astronomy magazine. This truly looked almost like a rocket launch. Unfortunately, I was driving, and construction barrels along the road, so I had no place to pull off, and I couldn't photograph it until I found a street near home. once I stoped, the fire ball (or meteor, dissipated, and the only thing left was its trails and the white vapor. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |