Reports Report 4589dz (Event 4589-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lori K |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I've seen many photos of this event and they all look exactly like what I saw. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Madison, WI |
| Latitude | 43° 8' 39.04'' N (43.144177°) |
| Longitude | 89° 18' 4.67'' W (-89.301297°) |
| Elevation | 275.898071m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-08-23 06:15 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-08-23 11:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 335° |
| First azimuth | 340° |
| First elevation | 53° |
| Last azimuth | 335° |
| Last elevation | 57° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Red, orange, yellow, white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | There were two explosions that left two white puffs of smoke with a white line of smoke connecting them, the two distinct smoke puffs hung in the sky for many seconds afterwards, slowly dissipating |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw a white streak entering the atmosphere that burst into a ball of flame, continued on the same trajectory moving incredibly fast, then exploded a second time in a smaller fireball that was more white, with less visible flame |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |