My wife had never seen a meteor or shooting star before and this will be her second one in a month that she spotted before me! Both times we were driving and saw them through the front windshield so we weren't really star-gazing we just got lucky.
Location
Address
Crawfordsville, IN
Latitude
40° 3' 21.24'' N (40.055901°)
Longitude
86° 56' 20.17'' W (-86.938935°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-01-12 22:25 EST
UT Date & Time
2014-01-13 03:25 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
315°
First azimuth
315°
First elevation
40°
Last azimuth
315°
Last elevation
35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Mostly white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It appeared as two balls of the same size, gapped apart by about half their size following one right behind the other with two or three tiny fragments ahead and slightly below the front or right-most one.
