A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 12.8.2013 at 23.42 Kangasala Observation number 16874

Visibility III / V

Jorma Mäntylä

I was photographing asses on the shores of Roine as a handsome fireball flashed and passed through the box of Pegasus. As the firefight went out, it appeared smoky for a moment. It seems to have been your ass. It has, according to the picture, come quite accurately from the point of radiation.

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- 2 min difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 5 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball faded away
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- Southeast

In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith
Brightness in magnitudes
- -3
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

Technical information

Pentax Kx 14 / 2.8 30 s.ISO800.

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 12.8.2013 at 23.42 Kangasala Observation number 16874