After we saw the meteor I stayed outside for several minutes scanning the sky to see anything else. I noticed the smoke trail was directly over my position going from southwest to northeast. I went inside to get my wife and bring her out to show her. The smoke trail was still visible several minutes after the event. Something that I found odd was that the wind was blowing at a steady pace (from the west) and I could see the clouds moving, but the majority of the smoke trail (south of my position) did not appear to be moving with the wind. My guess is that part of the smoke trail was at a much higher altitude and the wind was occuring at a lower altitude. Very cool to see such an event. Too bad the kids fell asleep in the stroller.
Location
Address
King of Prussia, PA
Latitude
40° 4' 50.89'' N (40.080802°)
Longitude
75° 21' 47.81'' W (-75.36328°)
Elevation
89.191277m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-04-08 20:00 EDT
UT Date & Time
2014-04-09 00:00 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
90.86°
First azimuth
120.74°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
76.77°
Last elevation
26°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-6
Color
-
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
-
Remarks
After we saw the meteor, we noticed a smoke trail directly over the house that lasted for a few minutes before fading away
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
there was a breif increase in brightness just before it disappeared. in addition, the meteor appeared to "drop" at the very last instant from the trajectory it was on.
