I happened to be wearing my glasses, thankfully: easily the biggest and brightest meteor I have ever seen!
Location
Address
San Antonio, TX
Latitude
29° 27' 34.82'' N (29.459673°)
Longitude
98° 31' 55.87'' W (-98.532187°)
Elevation
219.072006m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-11-08 20:45 CST
UT Date & Time
2014-11-09 02:45 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
267.22°
First azimuth
254.2°
First elevation
47°
Last azimuth
272.82°
Last elevation
11°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-19
Color
Blue, Light Blue, Light Green, Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
0.25s
Length
10°
Remarks
Glowing in a tear-dropped shape that surrounded meteor and intensified and grew in size as it fell: did not linger. I believe color of glowing matched color transformations--I tried to list colors in order of appearance.
