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Irish fireball

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:42 am
by brasky12
Nice fireball captured on video over eastern Ireland last night, with a secondary travelling alongside -

http://www.irishastronomy.org/index.php ... 211#103962

Re: Irish fireball

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:44 pm
by Barwellian
This one seems to have a good chance of making landfall if it does drop anything....Northern UK..fingers crossed for a report of something unusual on the ground.

Graham

Re: Irish fireball

PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:51 pm
by David Entwistle
Thanks for the heads up.

Here are some reports:

  1. Noel Keating
    Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland.
    54.5788499 N 8.1243234 W
    54° 34' 43.86" N 8° 7' 27.56" W
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdeJhJMsglg
  2. http://clareherald.com/2015/04/27/massive-fireball-lights-up-irish-skies-56464/
  3. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/astronomers-seeking-witnesses-to-sunday-fireball-1.2191088

Excellent collation and analysis from UKMON, although I suspect the calculated ground track stops too early due to the fireball passing behind terrain:


Re: Irish fireball

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:09 pm
by David Entwistle
There is now also a report from UTV.

The first still image clearly shows airplane navigation lights, but does anyone recognize the meteorite described as having split in two after hitting the roof of a cottage in America

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