Reports Report 4786ak (Event 4786-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | it caught my eye, and I glanced at it to just catch the end. I told my family on the boat to look, by the time they looked it was gone. At the time I guessed it was a meteor or falling firework, but the line was too straight at an angle it fell to be a firework. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Culver, IN |
| Latitude | 41° 11' 31.59'' N (41.192107°) |
| Longitude | 86° 24' 5.14'' W (-86.401427°) |
| Elevation | 224.049835m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-08-09 21:18 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-08-10 01:18 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 155° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 120° |
| First azimuth | 120° |
| First elevation | 28° |
| Last azimuth | 123° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | It looked bright emerald green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | it was a glowing green trail that was most intense at the bottom. once it stopped, the trail disapeared down from the beginning of the trail to the end where it was brightest |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | maybe not a flash, but it got brighter as it went down before stopping. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I caught the end of it, and saw a small green ball that left a lighter streak that was brightest at the bottom where it disapeared. |