My husband and I were just finishing tending some heated water buckets for our goats and were standing by the front door when I noticed what seemed like lightning. I looked up and saw the fireball directly in front of me. Unfortunately my husband had his back to the fireball and it happened so fast he only got to see the start and the after sparkles of it and not the actual explosion of the main fireball. I had a completely unobstructed view of it and was directly in front of it as it passed.
Location
Address
, Ontario (CA)
Latitude
44° 41' 38'' N (44.69389°)
Longitude
75° 34' 11.52'' W (-75.569868°)
Elevation
113.22731m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-12-07 19:30 EST
UT Date & Time
2020-12-08 00:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
91°
Moving
Facing azimuth
250°
First azimuth
250°
First elevation
55°
Last azimuth
265°
Last elevation
50°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-22
Color
Orange, almost gold in color, almost like a sparkler but not as white.
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
10°
Remarks
Narrow, gold, burning metal glow
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It was like the pictures of a comet then ended in a firework like flash.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
As the flash expanded it looked like little pieces of something slowly burning like the old science experiment with a battery and steel wool.
