I have witnessed a fair amount of meteor showers/ shooting stars in my life but I have never seen anything so similar to fire. It was shocking to see and because of the colour it took a minute to register what I was actually seeing, at first I thought it was a literally fireball.
Location
Address
Maitland, Nova Scotia (CA)
Latitude
45° 18' 52.81'' N (45.31467°)
Longitude
63° 29' 59.48'' W (-63.499855°)
Elevation
15.437298m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2019-04-11 23:15 ADT
UT Date & Time
2019-04-12 02:15 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
187°
Moving
Facing azimuth
227°
First azimuth
-
First elevation
20°
Last azimuth
206.12°
Last elevation
9°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-7
Color
Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I jumped up from the couch as it went down right outside my window. I jumped up to watch it and follow it down and then after it fizzled out the old panes in the window rattled ever so slightly.
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It seems to almost pin ball towards the end and it spiralled apart as it fizzled out but i as shocked at how big it was from the top of the window frame to the bottom.
