Observer |
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Name | Chris T |
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Experience Level | 2/5 |
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Remarks | My wife took a picture of the contrail, but it’s not on my phone |
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Location |
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Address | Colorado Springs, CO |
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Latitude | 38° 56' 28'' N (38.94°) |
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Longitude | 104° 41' 51.98'' W (-104.7°) |
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Elevation | 2102.07m |
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Time and Duration |
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Local Date & Time | 2019-02-07 18:00 MST |
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UT Date & Time | 2019-02-08 01:00 UT |
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Duration | ≈3.5s |
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Direction |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
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Descent Angle | 179° |
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Moving |
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Facing azimuth | 258.27° |
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First azimuth | 259.8° |
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First elevation | 46° |
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Last azimuth | 259.08° |
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Last elevation | 25° |
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Brightness and color |
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Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
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Color | Orange, Yellow |
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Concurrent Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Delayed Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Persistent train |
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Observation | Yes |
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Duration | 90s |
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Length | 15° |
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Remarks | Contrail straight down then spiraled as the air changed it |
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Terminal flash |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Fragmentation |
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Observation | Yes |
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Remarks | It looked like a sparkler with a very bright center and sparkles coming off as it frll |
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