Videos I've seen of this event truly do it no justice. Doorbell cameras aren't designed to focus on things that far away and lack the ability to show the fine details of all the fragments that it broke into. There was a bright flash when it broke apart and I was able to see as many as at least 8 individual trails from the pieces as they continued along the same basic trajectory until burning out. Absolutely amazing event to watch.
Location
Address
San Antonio, TX
Latitude
29° 34' 18.22'' N (29.571729°)
Longitude
98° 23' 11.64'' W (-98.386566°)
Elevation
264.072784m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-07-24 22:20 CDT
UT Date & Time
2022-07-25 03:20 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
60°
First azimuth
69.88°
First elevation
20°
Last azimuth
63.19°
Last elevation
21°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
Orange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It got progressively brighter until it made a large flash, breaking up into multiple pieces that continued to glow as it broke apart. Most amazing thing I've ever seen in the night sky.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It looked like someone shot a commercial-grade firework horizontally from the window of a plane. Truly spectacular.
