American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3331k (Event 3331-2015)

Observer
Name Lori A
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks An extremely rare and beautiful sight to see!
Location
Address Houston, TX
Latitude 29° 32' 11.55'' N (29.536541°)
Longitude 95° 5' 3.39'' W (-95.084276°)
Elevation 1.794549m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2015-11-11 22:15 CST
UT Date & Time 2015-11-12 04:15 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 171°
Moving
Facing azimuth 87.95°
First azimuth 99.23°
First elevation 46°
Last azimuth 93.12°
Last elevation 45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -27
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 50°
Remarks Looked like a huge bright comet head was a bright ball of light with a long streaking tail Amazing! Extremely rare that it seemed so, close to the horizon. Made a wish,lol
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks Ball of light
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks when we saw it it was like a big ball light with the tail and iike a pop at the end