Reports Report 305ac (Event 305-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Richard N |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | My only thought after I saw it is that it may be space junk because of the multicolored light. I thought it may be from various rare metals used in spacecraft. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Clintondale, NY |
| Latitude | 41° 41' 47.42'' N (41.696506°) |
| Longitude | 74° 3' 38.19'' W (-74.060607°) |
| Elevation | 158.397m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-01-25 21:41 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-01-26 02:41 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 160° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 197.27° |
| First azimuth | 180.09° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 210.77° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | white blue red green yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | the train was a glowing sparkly line. The fireball, as it created the train went through several colors mentioned earlier, yellow, blue, green, red, multicolored! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the terminal flash was just a slight pulsing increase in the brightness at the end, but it was multicolored to the end also. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |