I like to watch meteor showers from time to time and have seen a few shooting stars in my life. but this one stopped me mid sentence (i was on my cell phone) and elicited a "holy shit!" from me. Was the brightest most incredible thing i've seen in the sky and honestly gave me goosebumps. Amazing
Location
Address
North Reading, MA
Latitude
42° 34' 55.17'' N (42.581993°)
Longitude
71° 7' 30.95'' W (-71.125265°)
Elevation
25.72085m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-10-30 20:03 EDT
UT Date & Time
2015-10-31 00:03 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
37.54°
First azimuth
46.14°
First elevation
38°
Last azimuth
358.29°
Last elevation
38°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-25
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
started small then grew bigger and moved across sky to left then "like blew up" and crackled into disappearance
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
the trail and the ball at end kind of visually frazzled? like those july fourth fireworks. bright and then fizzled like embers? hard to explain. but the both the big burst at "head" and the "tail" both disappeared in this fashion.
