Reports Report 987ry (Event 987-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Deborah P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving home from my Wednesday night yoga class. I saw this bright white ball with a tail as I looked out the upper right corner of my front windshield. I have seen shooting stars before but never one this big. I honestly didn’t think about this again until I read about the event in the Basking Ridge Patch. Also, I’m not sure of the exact time. It would’ve been somewhere between 6:45PM and 7 PM. I didn’t take any pictures, first because I was driving and second because I didn’t actually process what I was seeing until it was over. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Far Hills, NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 40' 3.85'' N (40.667737°) |
| Longitude | 74° 37' 41.89'' W (-74.628304°) |
| Elevation | 103.717796m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-02-21 19:50 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-02-22 00:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 96° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 20° |
| Last elevation | 50° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |