I was on my patio looking somewhere else when I noticed the very bright light. This made me look towards the sky and I saw the trail. The trail was a bright light yellow and at the end of the trail where I assumed the meteor would be was an even brighter white light. It seemed to occur very far away and did not last very long at all. I thought it was a firework at first but there were no after effects and the trail just disappeared after 2 seconds. The bright light was not consistently bright, it seemed to get brighter and brighter until it eventually started to fade. I would be happy to provide more information on this because I am genuinely interested and I am glad that this website exists for me to report this sighting. I don't have complete faith in my trajectory predictions based on satellite but the general direction I saw the light and the elevation should be close to accurate. Also I would like to disclose that I am not one to normally "see things" or make a big deal about things. This is all very fascinating to me and I would love to be updated on any conclusions you reach about my sighting. Thank you.
Location
Address
College Station, TX
Latitude
30° 37' 45.45'' N (30.629292°)
Longitude
96° 20' 20.66'' W (-96.339071°)
Elevation
95.952m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-05-26 00:45 CDT
UT Date & Time
2017-05-26 05:45 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
156°
Moving
Facing azimuth
38.87°
First azimuth
39.51°
First elevation
34°
Last azimuth
35.1°
Last elevation
27°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1.5s
Length
10°
Remarks
It was very bright, light yellow in color. Almost white. Was rather long but disappeared very quickly. The bright light is what originally caught my attention and caused me to turn around and look at it. At first I thought it was a firework but there had been no explosion of any sort and no sounds and was rather high in the sky.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
No explosion of any sort but at the end of the trail was a bright whiteish light that quickly disappeared. The brightness was what originally caught my attention as I had been looking elsewhere before I noticed it.
