A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 8.11.2017 at 01.05 Helsinki 72 Observation number 68182

Visibility III / V

Esko Lyytinen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

There was a fireball camera sighting, 3 minutes from the previous one.

The automatic detection had a duration of 3.68 s.

A rough estimate of the entry speed is of the order of 20 km / s. May have dropped a small meteorite, tens of grams perhaps.

Extinguished in direction 344.4, at an elevation angle of 15.6 degrees.

Pictured is the bright star on the left is Vega.

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Additional information

Accuracy of the given observation time?
- Maximum of 1 minutes difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 4 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball faded away
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- North

In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith
Brightness in magnitudes
- -5 tai -6
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

Comments: 1 pcs

Mikko Peussa - 8.11.2017 at 17.33

Näyttävä viiru, hienoa!

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 8.11.2017 at 01.05 Helsinki 72 Observation number 68182