Reports Report 6873n (Event 6873-2024)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Eric H |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Attached photo is of the remnant, orange glowing cloud from the spot where it fragmented. Cloud is right of the Little Dipper in the photo |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Great Falls, MT |
| Latitude | 47° 31' 19.19'' N (47.521996°) |
| Longitude | 111° 19' 47.19'' W (-111.329774°) |
| Elevation | 1042.566772m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2024-11-13 06:35 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-11-13 13:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 149° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 305.9° |
| First azimuth | 305.05° |
| First elevation | 34° |
| Last azimuth | 325.36° |
| Last elevation | 13° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Light Blue, Orange fragment cloud |
| 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 | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Glowing train with orange glowing debris cloud where it fragmented. Attached picture is of the cloud still glowing about 30-45 seconds after the event |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bright flash at the end, I think it was white? |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Glowing orange cloud left where it fragmented, one piece briefly glowed as it split apart and streaked across the sky vertically towards the ground, the other continued in a glowing train of roughly the same light blue color before it flashed and disappeared. |