We were sitting out in our hot tub and I had just been looking at the stars. I looked down tobtalk to my partner and saw his face start to light up. At first I thought it was just the light of the full moon shining down as the trees blew around in the wind. But then it got brighter and was moving and we looked up to see it streak across the sky like a "shooting star". It was almost like a firework but way way high up in the sky and no noise. Really weird and cool. Never seen anything like it. We kept looking up for a while after that but nothing else happened.
Location
Address
Normal, IL
Latitude
40° 30' 48.82'' N (40.513561°)
Longitude
88° 58' 31.43'' W (-88.975397°)
Elevation
244.623795m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-11-05 01:10 CST
UT Date & Time
2025-11-05 07:10 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
115°
Moving
Facing azimuth
240.98°
First azimuth
234.08°
First elevation
73°
Last azimuth
247.68°
Last elevation
65°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Green, Blue, White, maybe red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
9°
Remarks
Could see it most as the light was still going. And for a couple seconds after.
