It was orange with a leading ball and several large pieces like it was breaking up and smaller pieces trailing it and then even smaller pieces that made up the tail and it had a long tail. I was facing north when it appeared out of no where it was going from east to west and I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TIME IT COULD HAVE BEEN LATER. It was really dark and the moon was really bright and in the direction of North East from where I was looking. I've never seen a meteor before but this was definitively one. It was big and beautiful. I how this helps.
Location
Address
Muskegon, MI
Latitude
43° 12' 54.84'' N (43.215232°)
Longitude
86° 17' 28.71'' W (-86.291308°)
Elevation
186.448746m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2021-10-19 23:30 EDT
UT Date & Time
2021-10-20 03:30 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
264°
Moving
Facing azimuth
55.56°
First azimuth
91.05°
First elevation
36°
Last azimuth
8.98°
Last elevation
6°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-7
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It had some big and some small bright pieces and twinkling long tail at first I thought someone shot a fire work across the sky then I thought it was a low shooting star but it was not a star. It was beautiful and I don't really know how to describe it accurately my sister and I saw it and watched it
