It was EXTREMELY bright. I was facing the other direction observing the Pleiades and turned around because the whole sky lit up. I saw about 6 other much dimmer meteors in the course of about an hour or so. I’m not positive as to the coloring, but it was near the constellation Lynx. The time I saw the meteor was +-10 mins of midnight.
Location
Address
Hawthorn Woods, IL
Latitude
42° 14' 25.26'' N (42.240349°)
Longitude
88° 3' 20.18'' W (-88.055605°)
Elevation
255.849m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-12-19 00:02 CST
UT Date & Time
2017-12-19 06:02 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
242°
Moving
Facing azimuth
54.59°
First azimuth
64.54°
First elevation
50°
Last azimuth
44.35°
Last elevation
37°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
I want to say white blue in the middle with yellowish sparks?
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
There were largish fiery chunks that seemed to be falling off behind the object
