I have seen many meteorites (shooting star) in my life and this experience by far was the most amazing thing I have seen come into our atmosphere and explode at the lowest elevation. (The elevation I was at was 500Ft above see level but in a valley looking up towards a mountain side)
If I can be of anymore help in registering this experience please let me know. Excellent experience and I’m lucky to have been walking my dog at this time and witnessed this!
Location
Address
Tuxedo Park, NY
Latitude
41° 9' 37.91'' N (41.16053°)
Longitude
74° 13' 47.04'' W (-74.229733°)
Elevation
150.445694m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2023-02-02 18:00 EST
UT Date & Time
2023-02-02 23:00 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
104°
Moving
Facing azimuth
223.83°
First azimuth
177.15°
First elevation
39°
Last azimuth
241.19°
Last elevation
33°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Orange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
10°
Remarks
The train that was visible happened right before seeing the object break up into a bunch of pieces and disappeared.
The train first was glowing for a moment and then changed to smoke and dissipated.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
When it hit its lowest point on the horizon it’s let out an even brighter flash then it produced while shoot through the sky and showed the most orange color when it then exploded and a few (about 5) visible pieces dropped for (0.5 - 1) second longer and then it was gone.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Right when it exploded and fragmented it was its brightest and deepest color of orange and roughly 5 visible pieces still burning dropped for another 0.5-1 second and it was completely gone. This was at the same time the train was at the smoke phase and then to dissipated.
