When I say expert I'm not being facetious I've seen thousands of meteors and worked at the North Georgia Astronomical Observatory as a telescope operator while in college. Don't know that this is overly important just that it was easily the most impressive meteor I've ever seen. It saturated my camera and I really wish I had caught some of the fragmentation better.
Photo
Location
Address
Blowing Rock, NC
Latitude
36° 8' 10.82'' N (36.13634°)
Longitude
81° 38' 35.24'' W (-81.643123°)
Elevation
1156.540894m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2021-11-10 21:11 EST
UT Date & Time
2021-11-11 02:11 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
195°
Moving
Facing azimuth
88.42°
First azimuth
79.72°
First elevation
27°
Last azimuth
81.66°
Last elevation
11°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-16
Color
Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
20°
Remarks
Just glowed slightly, nothing crazy I've seen better ones from less bright meteors.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Piece broke off roughly halfway down it's path to the right (south from my view). Brightness varied slightly on the way down but was extremely bright. Would have easily lit the ground without the moon and surrounding lights.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Piece broke off roughly halfway down it's path to the right (south from my view). Brightness varied slightly on the way down but was extremely bright.
