Reports Report 5661l (Event 5661-2022)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 5661-2022
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sally G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I watched it for about 5 second; I couldn't believe what I was seeing! It had a bright orange tail on a burning sphere. It was moving from the North-West towards the South. The tail looked to be about 3-4 inches long from my perspective. I thought that I heard a whooshing sound, but it could've been my imagination. Then I got scared thinking that it was going to impact the earth so I ran inside to wake up my husband since it looked large and I imagined a very bad seismic shock would result. The burning tail was gone by the time I went back outside. But it was still a very small red sphere at that point. My heart was beating so strongly I couldn't tell if the noise was coming from me or not. It was pretty scary. Hey, I am chemist, not an astronomer. We like small things, not sky-filling things. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Santa Barbara, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 24' 3.37'' N (34.4°) |
| Longitude | 119° 44' 0.22'' W (-119.73°) |
| Elevation | 53.57m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-08-30 22:30 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-08-31 05:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 248.12° |
| First azimuth | 262.07° |
| First elevation | 26° |
| Last azimuth | 213.87° |
| Last elevation | 53° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |