Category: Fireballs
The meteorite-dropping-Pinkster-fireball, 2023 May 27, over Belgium and the Netherlands
By Kees Habraken, Denis Vida, Hervé Lamy, Pierre de Ponthiere, Roel Gloudemans, Jacques Masson,...
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2023: Winter, Spring and Midsummer night visual meteor observations
In June, after a very cloudy and rainy spring, visual observations could be made more often again....
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The latest update on Sar2667 and its meteorites found
An excellent overview of the event has been presented by Mark McIntyre of UKMON. ...
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Fall 2022: visual meteor observations
IntroductionA number of meteor showers were on the agenda for the fall of 2022. The Orionids under...
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Impressive bolide over the Atlantic Ocean on 2 September 2022
This stunning mag. -12 bolide was spotted over Spain on September 3, at 3:34:15 UT. The event was...
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Fireball with sonicboom but without meteorites
On July 26, 2022, at 19:19 (UT), a sonic boom of a fireball was heard from Hungary. 1 Introduction...
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That was close, without surviving material
At 1:14 a.m. (UT) on July 13, 2022, a fireball rivaling the brightness of the full moon tore...
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Meteors and bolides across the Caribbean
The meteor and fireball records of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, are reviewed, including records not listed in the American Meteor Society online fireball event database.
Read MoreBright Bolide over the white sands of Kutch, Gujarat, (NW India) headed for Pakistan on 29th January 2022 14:27 UT.
On the evening of January 29th 2022 at 19:57 IST = 14:27 UT as members Narendra Gor aka “Sagar” of...
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Fireball above lake Balaton, Hungary
On the evening of October 20, 2021, at 18:28 (local time), the lucky ones could see a bright...
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Fireball over Spain produced by the kappa-Aurigids
The mag. -9 bolide shown in the video below was recorded over Spain on 2021 October 21, at 1:16h...
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Bolide over Piauí, NE Brazil. Chances of rocks on the ground.
There are different kinds of meteor observation networks, some sporting low resolution, low light, high sensitivity monochrome cameras and then there are the enthralling high definition colour cameras hosted by the Climaaovivo network. Both contribute to meteor science, but the beauty of such an event is well represented by HD camera and software captures.
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July 2023
