The Perseid shower peaks on my birthday every year on August 12th. I love astronomy
Location
Address
Vonore, TN
Latitude
35° 36' 37.22'' N (35.61034°)
Longitude
84° 16' 25.93'' W (-84.27387°)
Elevation
280.026m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-03-04 00:33 EST
UT Date & Time
2018-03-04 05:33 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
174°
Moving
Facing azimuth
226.62°
First azimuth
223.06°
First elevation
90°
Last azimuth
226°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-23
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
10s
Length
10°
Remarks
Very small trail lots of particals close together very bright then went away as they burned up or cooled off.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It made a bright light. Light up my car as I was driving down the road towards TN highway 411 on TN highway 72. I appeared falling straight towards the ground with a large trail of material behind it it terminated about 45 degrees a love the horizon in a large flash and smaller parts blowing away similar to a very large firework
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
A very bright flash didn't hear any sound with it. Terminated into many smaller pieces the appeared to burn up or cool past the point of no light production. Very large number of pieces similar to a large firework. But much much higher in the sky straight down towards the horizon terminated about 45 degrees above it
