For this event, we received one video.
Fire in the Sky
For this event, we received one video.
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Experts from the Croatian Astronomical Union estimate that a lump weighing about 150 grams ended up on the ground, but say they will not go looking for it because of the dangerous and impassable terrain.
The fireball was filmed by cameras of the Croatian Meteor Network from Buzet, Hum, Pula, Roč and Tićan, but also by cameras of the Global Meteor Network from Italy and Slovenia, and even from Prague.
But what many South Africans thought was a spectacular meteor shower early on Tuesday evening was actually a "bolide", a very bright meteor that often explodes on entry into the Earth's atmosphere and can be seen over a wide expanse. It comprises 1 to 10-metre rocks of around 1 648°C and can also be called a fireball.
Dr Daniel Cunnama, science engagement astronomer at the SA Astronomical Observatory, said: ''A bolide is a single meteor breaking up on entry. A bolide is a very bright meteor.
For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.
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For this event, we received one video and one photo.
For this event, we received one video.
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For this event, we received one video and one photo.
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The meteor spotted headed from Ottawa to Montreal that was burning bright in the night sky.
The meteor spotted headed from Ottawa to Montreal that was burning bright in the night sky.
One cottager near St. Agathe described a fluorescent green ball with a red tail, visible for roughly five seconds, with some Twitter users describing the ball as bright blue.
Marc Andrew, who is located in l'Épiphanie, told CTV he saw a ball of vivid orange and red coming from the northwest.
"I've seen shooting stars, but I haven't seen anything like this," he said, adding, "It was exactly like what you see in the movies."
According to experts, it is a bright shooting star called a "fireball".
Late on the night of the 19th, witness information that something like a ball of light flowed down over a wide area such as Kanto and Kinki was posted on SNS one after another.
In the video sent to NHK's video posting site Scoop Box, it was confirmed that something like a shooting star suddenly brightened and disappeared at around 10:17 pm on the 19th.
2021年8月19日22時17分20秒に流れた火球を、富士から北の空に向けた広角カメラで見た様子です。末端で爆発しました。能登半島沖を流れ、小惑星からやってきた散在火球でした。 pic.twitter.com/oBp30Tmgi9
— 藤井大地 (@dfuji1) August 19, 2021
© Jocimar Justino/Reprodução
Meteor was registered in SC this Thursday (19)
Meteor was registered in SC this Thursday (19)
According to the meteor monitoring station JJS/SC, associated with Bramon ( Brazilian Meteor Observation Network), the JJS2 camera captured the exact moment of the phenomenon. The video was posted on social networks and shows, in various ways, the luminous phase of the star.
With a magnitude of -1, the meteor lit up the sky for 4.4 seconds, peaked at a magnitude of -1. The path began to glow at azimuth 222 with an elevation of 43° and an estimated altitude of 91 kilometers. In the video, it is possible to see the moment in contrast and at different speeds, as it passed close to the Cruzeiro do Sul constellation. On the way, the meteor reached enough capacity to cover the distance between the cities of Fraiburgo and Campo Belo do Sul in Santa Catarina in less than five seconds.
(Translated by Google)
