Reports Report 4787b (Event 4787-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Palen R |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I didn’t realize what I was seeing when I saw it. My friends and I were sitting in their hot tub talking and I saw it go straight in front of us. I thought it was a firework from someone’s driveway bc we had heard fireworks earlier in the night, but my husband and friend both saw the end of it when I yelled about it. My husband said it was a shooting star! I kept thinking about it so I googled it to show my son what I saw and then saw more information and after comparing the videos to what I saw, I feel confident that it was a “fireball”. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Edgewater, MD |
| Latitude | 38° 55' 5.75'' N (38.918263°) |
| Longitude | 76° 32' 34.53'' W (-76.542924°) |
| Elevation | 21.580315m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-08-09 22:07 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-08-10 02:07 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 86° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 74.13° |
| First azimuth | 61.73° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 98.49° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| 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 | - |