I’m 55 years old and worked as a commercial fisherman performing most of my work at night so I’m familiar with seeing hundreds of shooting stars. This was much much bigger and brighter and the duration was quite a bit longer. My phone was in my hand and it almost felt like I could record it but in reality I would have missed seeing it while trying to use my phone to record it.
Location
Address
Chalmette, LA
Latitude
29° 56' 4.05'' N (29.934457°)
Longitude
89° 57' 59.43'' W (-89.966509°)
Elevation
2.019765m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-04-13 03:13 CDT
UT Date & Time
2025-04-13 08:13 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
258°
Moving
Facing azimuth
1.43°
First azimuth
34.7°
First elevation
41°
Last azimuth
346.91°
Last elevation
16°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-15
Color
Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
About halfway across it started burning up, leaving a big ball of sparks for a short period of time. Then it stopped emitting sparks and kept going in the same direction (looking like it did prior to partially burning up) until it started burning up again leaving a bigger ball of sparks behind until it disappeared. It appeared to completely burn up just above the horizon.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It started burning up, leaving a big ball of sparks for a short period of time. Then it stopped emitting sparks and kept going in the same direction (looking like it did prior to partially burning up) until it started burning up again leaving a bigger ball of sparks behind until it disappeared
