Have never seen anything like it in my life. Saw 3-4 shootings stars tonight, and then myself and 1 other person saw this fireball fall through the sky for 7-10 seconds and a fragment fall off of it. Was beautiful
Location
Address
Venice, FL
Latitude
27° 6' 51.88'' N (27.11441°)
Longitude
82° 28' 8.51'' W (-82.46903°)
Elevation
-0.228375m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-08-18 05:35 EDT
UT Date & Time
2024-08-18 09:35 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
250°
Moving
Facing azimuth
97.59°
First azimuth
180.73°
First elevation
40°
Last azimuth
93.94°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Blue, Light Blue, Orange, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I saw a piece about 4 seconds into view fall off and towards the southeast of the fireball
