I love astrology. Love watching the sky and have seen meteor showers, shooting stars.. etc. I have never seen anything so epic. The color was phenomenal. I cant believe I was so lucky to see it.
Location
Address
Reston, VA
Latitude
38° 57' 16.37'' N (38.954548°)
Longitude
77° 21' 44.28'' W (-77.3623°)
Elevation
118.565651m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-09-30 06:15 EDT
UT Date & Time
2020-09-30 10:15 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
160°
Moving
Facing azimuth
274.25°
First azimuth
113.74°
First elevation
76°
Last azimuth
319.7°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
20°
Remarks
So blue and wide and long to a sharp pointed tail. Leading the color was a very white almost like moon ball. When it exploded in sky near horizon looked like a fire work even had a bright flash of light.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
When it disappeared it was a bright light and almost resembled a firework explosion with the symmetry and after the flash you could see what looked like smoke trails from fragments
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The flash was bright just like lightning in the clouds and lit up the sky. Fragments of it unbrellad out from source not so much ballooned where fragments went in all direction but unbrelled where it appeared to have 6 or so frags umbrelled up
