Links to similar recorded events:
facebook.com/groups/TexasAstronomicalSociety/permalink/10161134115147728/
instagram.com/p/Cux2IrVrTq3/?img_index=1 (same event)
earthsky.org/todays-image/spacex-launch-punches-a-hole-in-the-ionosphere-red-blob/
spaceweatherarchive.com/2023/07/23/spacex-punched-a-hole-in-the-ionosphere/
“This is a well studied phenomenon when rockets are burning their engines 200 to 300 km above Earth’s surface,” explains space physicist Jeff Baumgardner of Boston University. “The red glow appears when exhaust gasses from the rocket’s 2nd stage cause the ionosphere to recombine quickly.”
Details:
Location: Marathon, TX
Date: 7/16/23
Time: 12:24am CST
Vertical timelapse:
Canon t3i
EF-S 18-55mm at 18mm
f/3.5 ISO3200
17" exposures
Horizontal timelapse:
Canon 6D MkII
Rokinon 24mm
f/1.4 ISO3200
25" exposures
Patricia Wilkins' images:
Nikon D500
18mm f/4
ISO5000 30" exposures
Observations:
At least 5 of us witnessed visually what appeared to be a fairly bright (for being in Bortle 1 skies) glowing disc expand and become fainter over the course of about 5-10 seconds before becoming too faint to see.
Over the next 10 minutes, 3 of our timelapse cameras captured a red afterglow not seen visually.
Although there was a Falcon 9 launch that night, it was several hours prior to this event. It is most likely still caused by a different rocket's exhaust fumes reacting with Earth's ionosphere leaving behind the red ionized gas.
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