American Meteor Society

Reports Report 6630aa (Event 6630-2021)

Observer
Name Courtney K
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks It happened so quick I was playing Pickleball with my friend and I saw it. It took me a minute to process then I asked her if you can see shooting stars during the day. I did some searching and I believe it was a fireball. I did see what looked like could’ve been smoke as it burned. Please let me know if anyone else has reported this. I’d be very interested l
Location
Address Edwardsville, IL
Latitude 38° 47' 5.58'' N (38.784882°)
Longitude 89° 54' 4.21'' W (-89.901169°)
Elevation 170.213226m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-10-16 12:15 CDT
UT Date & Time 2021-10-16 17:15 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 222°
Moving
Facing azimuth 11°
First azimuth 350°
First elevation 11°
Last azimuth 350°
Last elevation 13°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -
Color Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -