Reports Report 170c (Event 170-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jurgen D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Quite horizontal pattern, right as I noticed it while Driving the car. I checked my location on the highway and also the visibility of stars, the bright ones are visible. Observation through the windscreen, next to the mirror of the car on the passenger side. So low above horizon. Clear enough to notice it immediately from a driving car in a dark part of the sky despite the highway led illumination. As mentioned: my guess: space debris re-entering hearth atmosphere, heating up and burning out, leaving a slight angled almost horizontal line in the sky, that became visible, more intense and disappears. Total about two seconds max I would guess. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Namur, Région wallonne (BE) |
| Latitude | 50° 29' 17.96'' N (50.488321°) |
| Longitude | 4° 46' 9.63'' E (4.769341°) |
| Elevation | 179.930725m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-01-06 19:07 CET |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-01-06 18:07 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 97° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 133.31° |
| First azimuth | 108.26° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 148.31° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | It was a fireline after the clear object, that disappeared, visually the width of 4 fingers when pointing Keith a stretched arm To the object |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | First a trail after the head, that lightend quite fast to a few times the brightness and then disappeared. Probably space debris reentering, heating up and burning , burning was the flash, no explosion in my eyes |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |