A fireball at night, as bright as a cresent moon - 25.4.2012 at 00.17 Helsinki Observation number 4099

Visibility IV / V

Samuli Vuorinen, Kirkkonummen komeetta

My meteor camera detected a bright fireball. The duration of the fireball was about 1.9 seconds. The ignition azimuth and susceptibility were 34/65 degrees, and the extinction azimuth and susceptibility were 35/48 degrees.

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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?
- 2 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball faded away

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, as bright as a crescent moon

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Watec 902H

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A fireball at night, as bright as a cresent moon - 25.4.2012 at 00.17 Helsinki Observation number 4099