| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christina D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Being in central Florida, it’s possible this was a rocket. However it did not travel eastward, and my initial search of scheduled launches said there were none at the time I observed this event. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Winter Park, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 37' 58.92'' N (28.633033°) |
| Longitude | 81° 16' 14.57'' W (-81.270715°) |
| Elevation | 20.770247m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-10-13 22:00 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-10-14 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 290° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 28° |
| First azimuth | 29° |
| First elevation | 51° |
| Last azimuth | 24° |
| Last elevation | 52° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The trail became more green-white and narrower, the front seemed to get brighter and slightly larger right before the trail vanished and the center expanded slightly then seemed to spread out briefly before disappearing. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |