I am a professional photographer and have been watching and photographing meteor showers for several years but had never seen a fireball before. We were eating outside on the patio of a restaurant when my wife suddenly pointed up and across the street, saying "what's that?". The fireball lasted several seconds and plenty of time for me and everyone else on the patio eating to see it before it faded out. It was still daylight with a half moon high in the sky but it was still bright enough to be clearly seen. Not exactly where or how I thought I would see my first fireball but it was absolutely amazing!
Location
Address
Oxford, OH
Latitude
39° 30' 33.15'' N (39.509208°)
Longitude
84° 44' 58.09'' W (-84.74947°)
Elevation
276.21814m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2019-02-06 19:11 EDT
UT Date & Time
2019-02-07 00:11 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
96°
Moving
Facing azimuth
81.72°
First azimuth
100.67°
First elevation
42°
Last azimuth
25.92°
Last elevation
35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
During it's transit it emitted two bright flashes in which pieces seemed to break off before it finally faded out.
