Reports Report 4759c (Event 4759-2024)

Observer
Name Holly S
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks Some important context IMO. My son an I was on our way home from work I was driving headed North he was seated in the passenger seat, as I was talking about something he loudly interrupted saying look up over here look look, as I turn to look I see what looks to be a comet. The color of the fireball is what stands out to me the most, let's say it was teardrop shaped, the whole thing was a emerald/light green color and had a thin orange outline with a yellow outline next to that the tail was white just towards the top of the tail. It didn't seem like it was big at all but it could've been the perspective of the landscape, it went down behind the mountain we was driving parallel to. I've seen many many meteor showers, shooting stars, even things I couldn't identify, I've never seen a comet the color and overall shape of what I seen tonight. It was so fast like two or three seconds there was no time for either of us to grab our phones to get a second of it. It was very cool to see. Wish I could've got a pic of it to share with ppl.
Location
Address Huntsville, AL
Latitude 34° 41' 39.05'' N (34.69418°)
Longitude 86° 40' 16.82'' W (-86.671339°)
Elevation 196.922897m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2024-08-30 00:02 CDT
UT Date & Time 2024-08-30 05:02 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 153°
Moving
Facing azimuth 92.27°
First azimuth 72.73°
First elevation 63°
Last azimuth 84.71°
Last elevation
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -10
Color Light Green, Orange, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -