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A fireball in a twilight sky - 20.2.2020 at 18.20 Espoo Observation number 88510

Visibility IV / V

Not visible

After coming from the Suomenoja Recycling Center at about 18:20 and just walking into my car, I saw a fireball that was disintegrating over the roof of Plantagen, just like every man's rocket, I looked north and the fireball came at 1 -> 7 in the northeast sky.



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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?
    • 1 second
  • How the flight of the fireball ended?
    • The fireball broke into pieces, which faded away
  • In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
    • About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith
  • Brightness of the fireball
    • A fireball in a twilight sky
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