Perhaps a once in a lifetime event, I was mid conversation after a school board meeting and sadly, the fellow director I was talking to had her back to the meteor.
Location
Address
Wights Mountain, Queensland (AU)
Latitude
27° 23' 34.55'' S (-27.39293°)
Longitude
152° 51' 30.54'' E (152.858483°)
Elevation
86.746269m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-05-21 20:30 AEST
UT Date & Time
2026-05-21 10:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
158°
Moving
Facing azimuth
156.21°
First azimuth
-
First elevation
39°
Last azimuth
165.78°
Last elevation
22°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
White Silver
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It had a distinct head and tail, and the head was much larger than a normal shooting star (which I’d describe more like a “streak”). Instead this had a head like a ball that quivered and flared like a fire and probably the size of 1/8 or 1/10 of a full moon.
