A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 20.2.2020 at 18.30 Pori Observation number 88520

Visibility III / V

Riikka Lindqvist

I was standing in the yard of a recreation hotel smoking. I looked to the parking lots, that is, to the northeast. suddenly I saw a huge fireball with him. I didn’t even suspect it was small, but the size was roughly the size of a tennis ball and extremely bright against a dark sky. disappeared behind the pines to the east.

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- 5 min difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 2 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?
- Northeast
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About half way between the horizon and the zenith
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 20.2.2020 at 18.30 Pori Observation number 88520