Reports Report 1703dm (Event 1703-2024)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Bradley B |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve been trying to find out for days what I witnessed, first I thought it was meteor shower but after researching I think it was a reentry. I just went outside to turn my hose off and looked up and caught this by random chance, my phone wasn’t in my pocket and it must’ve been 30 seconds at least by the time I was able to get my phone and capture this photo. It approached from the SW at a 75 degree angle and was huge compared to the size it looks in this picture. Unfortunately my photo was just the tail end of this thing passing by, but I’m glad I was able to capture something. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Bakersfield, CA |
| Latitude | 35° 22' 59.25'' N (35.383126°) |
| Longitude | 119° 1' 43.8'' W (-119.028832°) |
| Elevation | 123.747917m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2024-04-02 01:43 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-04-02 08:43 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 250° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 42° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
| Color | Orange yellow |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |