Reports Report 6942d (Event 6942-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Josh M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I am 43 years old and had an interest in astronomy for over a decade now. I've watched dozens of meteor showers while laying back in the grass or laying on the roof of my old house. I've seen hundreds of shooting stars. This was much more intense and even somewhat worrisome as the thought of how big this must've been started creeping up on me as it continued to burn big and bright as it visually was more distant than it was burnt out. It traveled so far I couldn't even imagine... |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Daytona Beach Shores, FL |
| Latitude | 29° 9' 35.4'' N (29.159832°) |
| Longitude | 80° 58' 22.03'' W (-80.972787°) |
| Elevation | 2.051587m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-10-16 05:33 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-10-16 09:33 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 321° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 42° |
| First azimuth | 91.43° |
| First elevation | 62° |
| Last azimuth | 24.34° |
| Last elevation | 22.3° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Purple for half a second, Blue for a full second, Light Blue for 2 seconds, Light Green for 2.5 seconds, Orange for 3 minutes, Yellowish Orange as it faded away on the distance in that order. With the final 10 seconds including a 2nd meteor flashing a bri |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I live in the Daytona Beach area and I'm sure it wasn't a rocket although it had the familiar sounds like a rockets low rumble for about 10 seconds just before I even started recording the video on my phone. Also this was audible over the sounds of the ocean waves. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |