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Falling Object? (self.astronomy)

submitted 6 months ago by SlippiHUD to c/astronomy

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I have no photos or videos, but I was on Topsail Island on vacation on June 4th around 11pm, where I saw a decently bright moving object erupt with a huge v-shaped tail for atleast 30 seconds. The tail was a faint green color. It fell from the eastern sky into the northeastern sky.

Google has been particularly unhelpful. Was wondering if you fine folks had any idea. I'm assuming space debris. But I cant find any other reports of anyone seeing it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you ever find out what it was/could have been?

[–] SlippiHUD 1 points 6 months ago

I still have not found anything conclusive, still going with my working theory of space junk.

There was also the devils comet around that time, but unless I'm vastly misunderstanding the descriptions of it, it shouldn't have been in that part of the sky, and it shouldn't be that discernable with the naked eye.