American Meteor Society

Reports Report 5018g (Event 5018-2022)

Observer
Name Brittany M
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks I’m not sure if I filled this out accurately because I have no experience but I just seen it and I thought it was so wild and cool! Lasted maybe 2-3 seconds and looked like a shooting star almost the head of it was whitish looking with a fire trail behind it! The the fire trail kind of ended but the white part kept falling! It was in a slightly downward angle!
Location
Address Blacksburg, VA
Latitude 37° 11' 30.22'' N (37.191729°)
Longitude 80° 23' 17.26'' W (-80.388128°)
Elevation 666.333984m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2022-08-12 04:30 EDT
UT Date & Time 2022-08-12 08:30 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 96°
Moving
Facing azimuth 27.36°
First azimuth 13.33°
First elevation 43°
Last azimuth 27°
Last elevation 40°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -8
Color Orange, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -