American Meteor Society

Reports Report 251a (Event 251-2021)

Observer
Name Elle H
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks Listed on previous page about the trail
Location
Address Birmingham, AL
Latitude 33° 23' 7.36'' N (33.385378°)
Longitude 86° 38' 51.39'' W (-86.647608°)
Elevation 236.308258m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-01-12 22:45 CST
UT Date & Time 2021-01-13 04:45 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 269°
Moving
Facing azimuth 251.45°
First azimuth 288.9°
First elevation -
Last azimuth 202.83°
Last elevation 35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -10
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length 70°
Remarks Bright white "solid" glowing line that looked to be "drawn" quickly above three houses (to the South of Orion from my perspective) til it all disappeared after about 5 seconds over the house 2 down from mine. (I'm unfamiliar with these so don't know if the length in degrees I put (70) is correct at all..it was an impressively long bright white line.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -