A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 18.3.2015 at 21.02 Kuopio Observation number 35249

Visibility V / V

Hannu Hoffrén

I left the camera to shoot the northern lights, I didn’t see the fireball myself. I thought the bright line in the series at first was an airplane, because that total duration, five two-second exposures, and shutter breaks, seemed far too far for the fireball. On Facebook, I only noticed the observations of others and started checking out the series of pictures again. :)

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EQR0qk8n1I

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- Maximum of 1 minutes difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 16-20 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball disappeared behind an obstacle (trees, buildings or clouds)

In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- North
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- Low near the horizon
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

Comments: 2 pcs

Marko Pekkola - 19.3.2015 at 07.24

Tämä on kyllä järkyttävän hyvin hires-kuviin dokumentoitu tulipallo.

Tero Sipinen - 19.3.2015 at 08.14

Mallikas dokumentti. Kyllä nyt lentoradanmäärittäjien kelpaa :) Edellisen yön revontulimyräkällä on varmasti ollut vaikutusta kuvallisten havaintojen runsauteen.

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A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 18.3.2015 at 21.02 Kuopio Observation number 35249