Reports Report 8961t (Event 8961-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Donna M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Most my life I regularly observe the night sky and have spotted many shooting stars and slower moving satellites. Last night I first saw what appeared to be a shooting star directly above me, coming from behind me, it was quite long across sky before quickly disappearing, this I think was the longest shooting star I have witnessed. I kept looking to see if I spotted another one. Then a few seconds later, on what would have been the same path but very low in the sky, I saw the bright ball with short bright smokey trail on the horizon before it very quickly disappeared. That was when I realized that the shooting star and bright fire ball were not two unrelated events. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Auckland, Auckland (NZ) |
| Latitude | 36° 55' 31.89'' S (-36.925525°) |
| Longitude | 174° 40' 48.9'' E (174.680249°) |
| Elevation | 51.489552m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-19 04:26 NZDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-18 15:26 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 196° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 304.62° |
| First azimuth | 303.01° |
| First elevation | 12° |
| Last azimuth | 298.3° |
| Last elevation | 5° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Bright oblong ball with short cloudy smoke trail, quite fat no thin |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |