A fireball at night, brighter than a full moon - 18.3.2015 at 21.01 Vesanto Observation number 35956

Visibility V / V

Timo Kuhmonen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

Of the fireballs captured by Vesanto's remote camera to date, by far the brightest and most spectacular. The duration of the flight is only 4s in the video, ie only the rest of the flight (about 1/3 of the total flight) was visible.

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10 7

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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?
- 4 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball broke into pieces, which faded away

In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- Northwest
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the zenith towards the horizont
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than a full moon

Technical information

Watec 910HX, Tamron 4-12mm f1.2

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A fireball at night, brighter than a full moon - 18.3.2015 at 21.01 Vesanto Observation number 35956