A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 21.12.2011 at 00.08 Helsinki Observation number 777

Visibility III / V

Samuli Vuorinen, Kirkkonummen komeetta

Over the fall, I built a meteor camera from the Watec surveillance camera, and the camera was outdoors for the first time last night using meteors. During the night, a few streaks grabbed, but this was definitely the most handsome.

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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?
- 3 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball disappeared suddenly

In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- Northeast
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

Technical information

Watec 902H, 3.5-8mm f / 1.4

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 21.12.2011 at 00.08 Helsinki Observation number 777