Every year I go to where I work & sit out all night & look for meteors during Persious (on 8/13) -& have never seen ANY. Then last Fri. I was walking at work (NIST) & saw this incredible thing in the sky.
It was really cool. I thought it was something special - but didn’t know about your website until a friend sent me Info. Glad to be able to report what I saw.
Location
Address
Gaithersburg, MD
Latitude
39° 7' 58.65'' N (39.132957°)
Longitude
77° 13' 21.4'' W (-77.222612°)
Elevation
131.967987m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2023-10-13 19:40 EDT
UT Date & Time
2023-10-13 23:40 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
263°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
157.75°
First elevation
31°
Last azimuth
280.11001°
Last elevation
21°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At the end before it disappeared it looked like it broke up into fragments.
