I was driving on my way home from work. I live in the country so their is very little to no light polution at all. I saw this ball over the tobacco fields on a dark country road so it was very visible for me. I came home and told my husband I had just seen the brightest and longest lasting falling star I had ever seen. I called it a falling star because of it fell from about mid sky almost straight down into the horizon with very little angle at all
Location
Address
Stedman, NC
Latitude
35° 3' 30.03'' N (35.058343°)
Longitude
78° 40' 57.48'' W (-78.682633°)
Elevation
42.879612m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-11-08 19:25 EST
UT Date & Time
2020-11-09 00:25 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
15°
Moving
Facing azimuth
10°
First azimuth
335°
First elevation
43°
Last azimuth
325°
Last elevation
37°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
30°
Remarks
It was a trail of not as bright smoke it looked like. As the seconds went on it faded but it was brightest at the meteor and then it scaled to very full and then non-existent. By the time the ball hit the horizon the trail following it was also gone
