Started as classic shooting star but increased in size and luminosity to the brightest whites fireball. Stunning!
I have seen a lot of meteor showers, comets. Lots of dark night sailing far from shore observing the stars. In half a century never saw anything close to this bright!
Location
Address
Ashland, OR
Latitude
42° 12' 54.27'' N (42.215074°)
Longitude
122° 42' 33.38'' W (-122.709273°)
Elevation
544.382629m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2019-10-10 19:30 PDT
UT Date & Time
2019-10-11 02:30 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
10°
Moving
Facing azimuth
197.12°
First azimuth
199.33°
First elevation
47°
Last azimuth
198.39°
Last elevation
5°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
There was a soft boom 2-3 seconds after felt close almost as if something had hit a roof not metallic sounding just a dull thud
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Bright white. I saw Haley’s comet while sailing in Tahiti at night years ago this was like that but quick only a couple of seconds. Looked like white flames then it just dropped....
