(meteorobs) twilight fireball over northern germany

[H.Luethen]

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From: "H.Luethen" <h.luethen at 12move.de>
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Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: [GvA-Hamburg] twilight fireball over northern germany


>
> Michael Steen was setting up equipment at the GvA Max Beyer Observatory at
> Hamburg, Germany yesterday when he witnessed a bright fireball in bright
> twilight (sun only 3 deg below horizon). It can hardly been fainter
> than -8mag. We reconstructed the path using terrestial markings and stars
> later that evening at the site, so the following path may be quite
accurate
>
> Time: 16.4.2005, 18:36 UT
> Obersving site: LONG: E 10.2097 deg
>                         LAT:    N 53.4881deg
>
> Meteor first seen at az =  247 deg, alt = 43 deg
> Meteor end point at az = 188 deg, alt = 38 deg
>
> Meteor was fast and disintegrated at the end.
> We also communicated this observation to Fidac and to the DMS
>
> Hartwig Lüthen
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