Reports Report 1184b (Event 1184-2025)

Observer
Name Madeline T
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Boise, ID
Latitude 43° 34' 8.66'' N (43.569071°)
Longitude 116° 12' 25.36'' W (-116.207044°)
Elevation 865.187744m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-02-25 21:45 MST
UT Date & Time 2025-02-26 04:45 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 121°
Moving
Facing azimuth 129.66°
First azimuth 118.12°
First elevation 35°
Last azimuth 161.48°
Last elevation 16°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -8
Color Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It started off looking like a normal shooting star but then about halfway across its full length it looked like it just sort of turned into a huge much brighter flaming ball way bigger than any shooting star I'd ever seen. I don't know how else to describe this. When I say way bigger, I mean if a normal shooting star was the size of a dime and this one I saw was the size of a 50c coin, maybe even a little bigger actually.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks When it looked like it burst into a bigger, brighter flame, it broke into 2 parts but both still followed the same line across the sky.