I’m 48 and have casually observed many meteor showers but I’ve never seen anything like this and hope someone captured good images of it.
Location
Address
Holland, MI
Latitude
42° 46' 49'' N (42.780277°)
Longitude
86° 6' 38.25'' W (-86.110625°)
Elevation
187.034332m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-01-28 22:05 EST
UT Date & Time
2025-01-29 03:05 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
354°
Moving
Facing azimuth
274.07°
First azimuth
276.85°
First elevation
20°
Last azimuth
106.72°
Last elevation
60°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It started in the west as a bright object, then sparks and fragments shooting ahead and some of those fragments kept traveling overhead into the eastern sky like 5 or 6 individual meteors
