A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 28.10.2012 at 05.12 Helsinki, Pukinmäki Observation number 8647

Visibility III / V

Esko Lyytinen, Ursa (Helsinki)

Fireball camera detection. Appears on the far right of the image.

It is the same as in visual observation:

http://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/8637

Findings from two other cameras are also known.

It was a meteor belonging to the Taurid swarm. The speed was just over 30 km / s, so there was no meteorite dropper. Extinguished near the easternmost shores of Ladoga.

The exact time was 05/12/21 our normal time.

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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?
- 2 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball disappeared behind an obstacle (trees, buildings or clouds)
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- East

In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- Low near the horizon
Brightness in magnitudes
- -5 tai - 6
Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, brighter than the Venus

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A fireball at night, brigter than the venus - 28.10.2012 at 05.12 Helsinki, Pukinmäki Observation number 8647