Observer | |
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Name | Sam T |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | I have only seen one Russian satellite reentry, and thought this might be something similar. But it was only 3-5 seconds, the colors were blue/green, and the angle was far too steep for a reentry. Amazing, unexpected experience to have on a morning run. |
Location | |
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Address | Denver, CO |
Latitude | 39° 45' 45.76'' N (39.76271°) |
Longitude | 104° 52' 35.51'' W (-104.876531°) |
Elevation | 1609.111m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-03-23 04:50 MDT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-03-23 10:50 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 188° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 352.99° |
First azimuth | 352° |
First elevation | 70° |
Last azimuth | 345° |
Last elevation | 35° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
Color | Green |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1s |
Length | 40° |
Remarks | Blue/green inside, thin orange border |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Extremely bright flash, similar to staring at your iPhone flash |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Briefly after the bright flash 3-4 dull fragments |