It was easily the best bolide I've ever seen (30yr old), someone yelled "oh wow look at that" then "where?" then "North" and even after that I saw a good 5-8 seconds of it. To me it seemed surprisingly slow moving for a meteor.
Location
Address
Homewood, FL
Latitude
28° 42' 23.09'' N (28.706415°)
Longitude
80° 43' 15.43'' W (-80.720952°)
Elevation
1.086m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-03-05 21:00 EST
UT Date & Time
2016-03-06 02:00 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
160°
Moving
Facing azimuth
3.84°
First azimuth
358.52°
First elevation
65°
Last azimuth
6.88°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The fireball gradually brightened, but there were several sudden separate flashes spread out in time, maybe 0.5s duration each and a final brightest flash at the end.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
After the final flash at the end of the fireball there were numerous ~8 small trails seen extinguishing quickly.
