A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 7.3.2018 at 04.36 Tampere Observation number 71400

Visibility III / V

Kari A. Kuure, Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa

For once, a fireball that left its mark on the Ursa fireball camera in Tampere. The problem with the camera is that it does not light up all the time, but about every 2 minutes for 8-30 seconds. So this time he succeeded.

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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?
- Not known
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball faded away
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- West

In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- Low near the horizon
Brightness in magnitudes
- -5
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

Technical information

Tampereen Ursa fireball camera Starlight Xpress Oculus All Sky Camera (1.55 mm f / 2 fish eye objective lens, 180 ° coverage)

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 7.3.2018 at 04.36 Tampere Observation number 71400