American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3152o (Event 3152-2019)

Observer
Name Desha P
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Hilo, HI
Latitude 19° 40' 54.58'' N (19.681828°)
Longitude 155° 4' 28.78'' W (-155.074661°)
Elevation 80.940758m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2019-07-25 00:15 HST
UT Date & Time 2019-07-25 10:15 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 121°
Moving
Facing azimuth 242.86°
First azimuth 230.65°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth 262.76°
Last elevation 19°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -17
Color Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks The flash light up the whole neighborhood so we turn to the skies and saw something bright falling from the sky that had a trail behind it.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks After a second of it falling through the sky, it broke up into 3 fiery pieces and disappeared. It was so close it seemed liked it was falling into our backyard!