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Perseids

15.8.2022 at 00.53 - Jyväskylä (IV)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The very beginning of this last night's flight of the roach in the southeast probably remained behind the upper floors of the building, but still the most impressive single Perseid on my cameras this year.

Perseids

15.8.2022 at 03.47 - Jyväskylä (IV)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

A couple of views of the spectacularly flashing fireball in the southeast direction.

Images: 2 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than a full moon

6.1.2022 at 19.16 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari

On January 6, 2022, a car was recorded in the north / northeast-facing surveillance camera, which depicts the interior through a window.

Comments: 1 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

18.3.2022 at 03.08 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari

Based on other observations made about this fire (Tampere and Hartola), I thought that there would have been an observation on the balcony through the glass facing the camera to the south / southwest - as it were. A fireball bright enough to show even if the full moon was mowing in the same direction.

Comments: 1 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

19.3.2022 at 22.50 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari

Inspired by a sighting in Joensuu, I found this north / northeast-facing camera through the kitchen window.

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

29.3.2022 at 04.41 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari

Based on the observations in Oulu, I checked the recording, but this one seen in Jyväskylä is several minutes after what was observed in Oulu (04.36), so it is probably a different target.

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

8.9.2022 at 23.42 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Based on the observation made in Kittilä Sirka, I found this fireball recorded on my camera facing northeast.

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

22.9.2022 at 05.01 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

With the help of Vesanto's observation, I found this partially visible fireball between the trees. The beginning and the end were behind the yard trees illuminated by the outdoor lights looking very wintry. The black and white night vision mode used by the camera in low light emphasizes the effect.

A fireball at night, brighter than a full moon

23.9.2022 at 01.02 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

For a change, the sensor of my own surveillance camera had also detected movement in the night sky. It just seems that the event has to be spectacular enough to be registered. In the first clip, there is a bang recorded after the barking of the dogs, which must be assumed to be caused by the explosion of the fireball. A really spectacular display of the southern sky!

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

24.9.2022 at 03.18 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The observation made in Orivedi also appeared through a gap in the cloud in Jyväskylä. Here, the beginning is left behind the window frame, and the image area shows a ribbon-like point reflection from the outside light to the blinds. These amateur conditions…

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

25.9.2022 at 05.34 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

With the help of Hollola's observation, I found this in the recordings of my north-facing camera. You can't see much of that from behind the birch in the yard, but hopefully it will help when defining the flight path. If it's the same fireball, it went much further north than it looked from Hollola. The flight direction was not marked there, so it will be interesting to hear if it matches in those respects. Camera time around 05:34:30.

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

26.9.2022 at 20.46 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The fireball observed at the end flashed through a gap in the clouds in Jyväskylä in a southeast direction. The video from this camera has a resolution of 720p, which can be seen as a slightly jerky movement in these tricky objects.

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

6.10.2022 at 21.19 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

These were found based on an observation made in Jämsä. I think Jupiter is visible in the lower left corner of the first clip.

Images: 2 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

11.10.2022 at 23.58 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Among other things, based on the detection of theft, I found this in my cameras.

Comments: 4 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

12.10.2022 at 05.35 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I offer this to be studied and interpreted in connection with the observations of Konnevesi and Nurmijärvi. After the first sighting, I looked through my recordings several times, but the Nurmijärvi data then located the sight below the moon. Bingo! In the last seconds of 05:35, this ball of light rises from behind the bushes in the yard. I can't say for sure if it's a fireball or something else. The movement seems very slow, but the observation angle affects this issue as well. The direction is approx. southwest. The partial enlargement is from that same wider view.

Images: 2 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

19.10.2022 at 01.08 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I will add this regarding the findings in Ulvila and Tampere. The start and end of the fireball's flight remain off-screen.

A fireball at night, as bright as a crescent moon

23.10.2022 at 19.56 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

A couple of angles of the fireball caught on camera from the southern sky.

Images: 2 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

25.10.2022 at 03.29 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

There were no other reports of sightings of this fireball, so I decided to add these recorded by the two surveillance cameras, even though they are not visible very well through the prevailing fog. The third clip is 720p, so the image quality is lower and less pixel material was captured from the fast flight.

Images: 3 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

30.10.2022 at 05.27 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

In support of the observation made in Iisalmi, I found this fireball recorded on three different cameras in the southeast sky as seen from Jyväskylä.

Images: 3 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

29.10.2022 at 23.31 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Fireball in the southern sky of Jyväskylä. The direction of the first camera is southeast. The view of the second camera is to the southeast and the third to the southwest.

Images: 3 pcs

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