It shot quickly across the sky. At first I thought it was a plane or something on fire. I was so mesmerized by it I didn’t think to take a picture of it.. first one of these I have ever seen! I am a casual star gazer... I put it on Facebook and others said that they had seen it also
Location
Address
-
Latitude
35° 15' 24.16'' N (35.256711°)
Longitude
94° 21' 15.51'' W (-94.354309°)
Elevation
149.850967m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-08-27 20:30 CDT
UT Date & Time
2018-08-28 01:30 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
45°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
-
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
White with tail that had pale light reddish edges the tail separated and burned up then a couple of seconds the mail body burned up
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The tail end separated then burned up then the main body burned up. All white the tail had very pale red edges
