I was looking away but a shadow from the light caught our eyes (wife was with me) and made us turn and look. We had already observed another meteor in the same area 5 min before but this was quite a bit bigger and clearly broke apart. We walk our dogs every night at 10 so we are very familiar with our local night sky and no airports are in that direction or fireworks.
Location
Address
Dripping Springs, TX
Latitude
30° 16' 59.97'' N (30.283326°)
Longitude
98° 3' 14.73'' W (-98.054093°)
Elevation
367.257721m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-12-02 21:57 CST
UT Date & Time
2013-12-03 03:57 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
110°
First azimuth
190°
First elevation
35°
Last azimuth
185°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-16
Color
Light Green, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
a VERY low rumble, like lightning far away.
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
just before meeting the horizon it looked to split into a large white ball and a smaller white/white green light
