I'm the outgoing president of the Houston Astronomical Society and have only recently gotten back into serious observing. At our club's dark site, we appeared to be seeing a lot more Geminids that night and the following one than were other observers.
Location
Address
Weimar, TX
Latitude
29° 37' 7.1'' N (29.61864°)
Longitude
96° 39' 51.55'' W (-96.66432°)
Elevation
98.796m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-12-12 21:30 CST
UT Date & Time
2017-12-13 03:30 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
260°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
345°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
295°
Last elevation
20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Light Blue-Green (I am very sensitive to color. My husband described it as white.)
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
No train, but an afterglow of a half second or so.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
a single burst, very surprising, did not change direction but seemed to come straight at us
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I saw a kind of a "skip" before the final burst but my husband saw only a burst, an impressive one to be sure.
