I've seen several shooting stars (I guess shooting stars) over the years, but they were always much quicker and a solid streak for their brief existence. Never seen anything with such brightness and definition as what I saw tonight.
Location
Address
Smyrna, TN
Latitude
35° 58' 54.27'' N (35.981743°)
Longitude
86° 30' 43.52'' W (-86.51209°)
Elevation
158.851196m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-03-10 18:57 CST
UT Date & Time
2022-03-11 00:57 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
87°
Moving
Facing azimuth
17.7°
First azimuth
9.7°
First elevation
28°
Last azimuth
25.51°
Last elevation
31°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Light Blue, Yellow, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Looked like a long thick streak of light that almost seemed to burn out once and in the same instant flash into a continuation of the same long bright streak. Looked like it turned into a yellow flash at at that moment of burnout reignite. It was the brightest white before and after the yellow burnout. Seemed to change to also be a very bright light blue somewhere between those phases as well.
