Reports Report 2496h (Event 2496-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ash M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Never witnessed anything of the like, definitely a once in a lifetime experience. It was very large, very bright and slow traversing with an impressive train. At first I thought it could be the Chinese Tiangong-1 which was reported to be falling out of the sky any time in the near future or the recent supplies to the ISS a couple of days ago, perhaps left over rockets? The interesting reports in the South Island of New Zealand earlier that night strike a very close resemblance and the accounts are very similar. Look forward to any findings! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Cable Beach, Western Australia (AU) |
| Latitude | 17° 57' 47.54'' S (-17.963205°) |
| Longitude | 122° 12' 34.38'' E (122.209551°) |
| Elevation | 21.463388m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-19 18:45 AWST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-19 10:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 93° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 360° |
| First azimuth | 300.04° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 88.55° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | Unsure how to determine the train calculation above however, the train was very long, glowing orange & red, much more red closer to the very bright ball of light. The train looked to have a sparkly effect (like a birthday cake sparkler) closer to the ball of light. The train in length was about quarter of the visible sky from our standing point. It passed over slowly (about 10-15 seconds before we lost it over the houses/horizon) the long tail, a faint orange remained visible for about 5 seconds. There were no real changes, it was consistently glowing as it traversed the sky before we lost sight of it. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |