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A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

26.10.2015 at 17.40 - Espoo (V)
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

A celestial camera observation of a very bright fireball. According to the data, the duration is about 3.2 s.

Comments: 12 pcs

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TELKOM 3

TELKOM 3

18.10.2015 at 20.41 - 20.57 - Espoo
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

The flickering slow-moving satellite that appears to have been Telkom 3 (2012-044A), an Indonesian communications satellite that escaped control of the launch, was supposed to end up on a geostationary orbit, but is now orbiting uncontrollably on orbits ranging in altitude between 250 and 3,200 km.

Comments: 3 pcs

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus

A fireball at night, brigter than the venus

12.10.2015 at 00.08 - Espoo (III)
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

A celestial camera observation of a rapid fireball. Duration according to the timing diagram 0.92 s.

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Globalstar M030

Globalstar M030

3.10.2015 at 05.15 - 05.20 - Espoo
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

As I went through the celestial camera images, attention was drawn to this particularly flickering satellite. Heavensat also found the name, Globalstar M030 (1999-037D). A little earlier, the same sarma M041 went, leaving no trace. Apparently it is in an even more stable position.

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A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

28.9.2015 at 23.40 - Inari (V)
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

A celestial camera observation of a fireball. Unfortunately, it did not fit completely in the image area, but the duration in the visible part was 1.8 s.

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Pääsateenkaari

Pääsateenkaari

28.9.2015 at 18.45 - Espoo (II)
Panu Lahtinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

There was a mention of a bright rainbow in the center on IRC, so I glanced out the window. Short snippets of both the main and side rainbows were visible.

Images: 2 pcs

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