you can still see the smoke trail, and from our position it appeared over the moon.
Location
Address
Wallingford, CT
Latitude
41° 26' 54.91'' N (41.448587°)
Longitude
72° 47' 58.37'' W (-72.799547°)
Elevation
64.332733m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-09-02 20:49 EDT
UT Date & Time
2022-09-03 00:49 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
257°
Moving
Facing azimuth
190°
First azimuth
220°
First elevation
25°
Last azimuth
190°
Last elevation
20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Orange, Yellow, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
25°
Remarks
A long glowing train, and it split into two with two glowing trains after that. It flew over the moon from our angle and now 7 minutes later there is still a smoke trail in the sky the length of the train.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It split into two glowing trails and those lasted about a second after the initial glowing trail that lasted a couple of seconds.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The fragmentation split into two glowing trains and there was a flash when it happened.
