Reports Report 8314a (Event 8314-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mikeala D |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | A friend saw it before I did. They saw the beginning entry, and I caught the end with the split since I had a higher vantage point. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Palestine, TX |
| Latitude | 31° 45' 40.31'' N (31.761196°) |
| Longitude | 95° 48' 6.2'' W (-95.801722°) |
| Elevation | 94.819824m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-12-29 20:23 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-12-30 02:23 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 257° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 148.85° |
| First azimuth | 189° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 140.84° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | A glowing orange tail followed behind but I don’t know how to describe the length |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It seemed close enough to see the actual meteor. It didn’t light up the sky at all, just had a bright front where the meteor was and a glowing trail that looked like fire, Orange with a brighter center where the meteor was, and the tail was dimmer behind it. I saw a main fragment split and a smaller fragment trial slightly behind and below it until they both faded about a second after fragmenting |