I’ve seem a meteor shower throughout the night in the past and but this wasn’t like that where they would pass through very quickly and much higher in the horizon. This was truely the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in the sky, especially after the boom and the duration of the fireball
Location
Address
Hazleton, PA
Latitude
40° 55' 53.09'' N (40.931414°)
Longitude
75° 59' 38.33'' W (-75.99398°)
Elevation
536.286m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-07-09 01:34 EDT
UT Date & Time
2018-07-09 05:34 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
96°
Moving
Facing azimuth
79.05°
First azimuth
33.34°
First elevation
32°
Last azimuth
132.47°
Last elevation
28°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
Orange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Sort of a crackling sound. I was on my motorcycle at the light and I shut it off n heard the crackling and a boom. After the boom a lot of fragments broke and followed the main fireball off onto the distance along the same path of travel.
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
After 5-6 seconds of seeing the fireball there was a boom followed by a lot of fragments breaking off and surrounded and followed on the same path as the fireball for approximately another 5 seconds or more
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Preceded the boom and a lot of fragments followed the same path as the main fireball
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Flash after the boom followed by A lot of fragmentation that followed the main fireball
