I have never seen anything like it. I walk my dogs at night and have seen the occasional shooting start but nothing as bright or big as this was. I googled "huge shooting star" this morning and realized that what I actually might have seen is sounding and looking very similar to a fireball
Location
Address
Brookshire, TX
Latitude
29° 45' 33.32'' N (29.759255°)
Longitude
95° 53' 14.31'' W (-95.887308°)
Elevation
45.888821m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2023-02-22 19:45 CST
UT Date & Time
2023-02-23 01:45 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
273°
Moving
Facing azimuth
285°
First azimuth
325°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
225°
Last elevation
40°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-21
Color
it looked pretty bright and white with the tail of it looking like a fire tail
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I can't recall if there was a flash, but I did see fragmentation of it splitting into pieces and then gone
