Showing posts with label Belgium Fireball 15AUG09. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium Fireball 15AUG09. Show all posts

22 August 2009

Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News- Photos of Belgium 15AUG09 Fireball 22AUG09

Bolide over Belgium 15AUG09
photo report by Vincent Jacques


Here is an virtual image from the video recording from Luc Demeyer. The size of bolide increase quickely. Duration: 4 seconds, 7 images. For video: www.meteorite.be


The radio recording of this bolide by an astro club of Spa (Belgium)
Credit photo = GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa (c)2009

Thank you:
Vincent Jacques, Belgium
Luc Demeyer, Belgium
Luc Bastiaens, Belgium
and
GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa, Belgium

BELGIUM METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- YET MORE ON 15AUG09 FIREBALL 21AUG09

YET MORE ON BELGIUM 15AUG09 FIREBALL 21AUG09
Another video, although very unstable and not very sharp taken by a
Belgian located in Lac du Val Joly in Willies (France) for the
fireworks over there at the time.

Last part of the video is the start of the fireworks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajWMot0-IBA


Original post on the forum of our observatory:
http://www.urania.be/forum/read.php?f=1&i=23964&t=23964&noframe=&fn=Sterrenkundig%20discussieforum&


Cheers,
Luc

21 August 2009

BELGIUM METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- 15AUG09 BELGIUM METEOR UPDATE 21AUG09

Bolide Streaks Over Europe Seen by Thousands 15AUG09
Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News
UPDATED Report by Vincent Jacques, Belgium 21AUG09

photo of 15AUG09 bolide taken from Netherlands

On 15 august 2009 at 21:59 local time (19:59 TU) a bright bolide was observed over Europe.
The bolide exploded into two fragments, and was red- yellow; later, after some fragmentation it was extremmely bright, typically green in color.

This bolide was observed by several thousand people from all Netherland, all Belgium, western Germany, western Switzerland, and the north of France.
Fortuanately, the weather was excellent, warm, no clouds, and this day was an official day off.

Two All Sky Cameras recorded (the first in center of France and the second in Alsace, near the German border). Two amateurs recorded the bolide also in Belgium, one during a music concert in Flanders and another during a city party in Wallonie.
In the Netherlands, a lucky car driver took a photo of the bolide.
In Belgium, the "Groupe Astronomie de Spa" recorded the radio path of the bolide, and the audible perturbation during 40 seconds on FM band.

I collected hundreds observation reports, and it seems that a little meteorite could have fallen in the northwest of France or west of Belgium; just before the Channel or North Sea.

Here are included some links:

Link to one Belgian television report:
http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/264560/--Un+m%C3%A9t%C3%A9ore+a+travers%C3%A9+le+ciel+belge+samedi+soir


Link to radio recording + audible perturbation:
http://www.presencenet.be/nucleus2.0/index.php?itemid=1689


Link to "all sky station", in center of France, at more than 400 Km of the real trajectory: http://france.allsky.camera.free.fr/observation.html


Link to an amateur video recording:
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/dvsanthon/video/xa6ni6_un-meteore-a-traverse-notre-ciel-s_tech


There are many press articles about this bolide on the Internet ( press from Netherland, Belgium, and France):

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/4618560/__Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland__.html?p=27,1


http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/3433446/Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland.html


http://www.sudpresse.be/actualite/belgique/2009-08-17/exclusif-video-hutoise-meteore-15-aout-721366.shtml


http://www.actu24.be/article/belgique/un_meteore_traverse_le_ciel_belge/327512.aspx


http://www.lunion.presse.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/339905/


Best regards,

Vincent JACQUES from Belgium

Thank You Vincent for your kind report!!!!

18 August 2009

Belgium Meteor News- Belgian Fireball Still Under Study 18AUG09

Belgian Fireball 15AUG09

I'm receiving at the present time dozens of reports of this fireball,
which seemed to have been dramatic.
Actually, it occured on August, 15th, 19h59 UT, and was observed from
North-Eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. I'll try to calculate
its path in the atmosphere as soon as possible.
It was estimated to -7 to -10 magnitude, and lasted at least 8 seconds!
A video of it was taken by Tioga Gulon and its video station in Central
France. It's visible at the adress:
http://france.allsky.camera.free.fr/observation.html

I'll let you informed of the following of the story!

Clear skies and bright fireballs!
Karl

*Thanks Karl

Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- 18AUG09

11:27 Heldere meteoor boven Nederland

De Telegraaf - Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands
Indien een restant de aarde bereikt wordt dit een meteoriet genoemd. Niks vallende ster of meteoor, het was gewoon een ufo.Sommige mensen hebben echt teveel ...

Branscombe 'Flare' scare is meteor show

Devon 24
After interviewing the first informant and a fisherman on the beach, it was revealed the flares were a meteor show travelling North West to South East ...

Heldere meteoor te zien in heel Gelderland

Stentor - Apeldoorn,Netherlands
De lichtkogel is dus geen meteoriet. Die moeten op aarde inslaan en deze meteoor ... Een meteor buiten de aardse dampkring en een meteoriet in het geval het ...

火星坑,不坑人----它雷人!(图)

新浪网 - Beijing,China
这个陨石坑位于火星梅里迪亚尼平原(Meridiani Planum),照相机的角度为垂直向 ... 暴露出来的最令人感兴趣的地质地层是维多利亚陨石坑陡峭的岩壁,从头顶直接向下看 ...

Rover sniffing out clues from watermelon-size meteorite on Mars
Pasadena Star-News Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:29 PM PDT
PASADENA - The Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that could provide clues about billions of years of Mars' history.


Mars rover's discovery intriguing
Arizona Daily Star Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:09 AM PDT
Opportunity, the tireless Mars rover now trekking across a Martian plain in search of small meteorite fragments called cobbles, has come upon a really big one â a curious blue-tinted rock larger than a watermelon.


Space Weather News for Aug. 16, 2009

http://spaceweather.com

MONDAY MORNING SKY SHOW: Set your alarm for dawn. On Monday morning, Aug. 17th, Venus and the crescent Moon will gather beautifully close together in the eastern sky. For many observers in North America, the International Space Station (ISS) will make an appearance, too. It's a fantastic way to begin the day. Check http://spaceweather.com
for a sky map and ISS flyby predictions.

17 August 2009

Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News- Spectacular Bolide Over Belgium 15AUG09 17AUG09

Un météore a traversé le ciel belge samedi soir

La vision en aura surpris plus d'un samedi soir. Une "boule de feu" a en effet traversé l'horizon vers 22h. Il ne s'agissait rien de moins que d'un météore, indique-t-on à l'Observatoire public Urania, qui qualifie le phénomène de "très spectaculaire".

De nombreuses personnes dans le pays ont indiqué avoir observé cette "boule de feu", notamment sur le forum de discussion de l'Observatoire Urania. La plupart disent avoir vu une boule de feu de couleur vert-jaune. Selon le directeur d'Urania, Marc Van den Broeck, il s'agissait d'une boule de feu ou météore. "Ce sont des poussières qui se dissolvent dans l'atmosphère. Lorsqu'il s'agit d'une boule de feu, c'est un peu plus gros, de petits cailloux qui entrent dans l'atmosphère".

VIDEO: REPORTAGE DU JOURNAL DE 19H

Ce qui était exceptionnel samedi soir, c'est l'ampleur du météore et l'heure à laquelle les observations ont eu lieu. Normalement les étoiles filantes, boules de feu ou météores s'observent en fin de nuit, avant l'aube.

Dans ce cas-ci cela s'est produit vers 22h et la boule de feu était bien visible. "Il commençait à faire nuit, de nombreuses personnes étaient encore dehors", explique Marc Van den Broeck. "Depuis 25 ans que je m'occupe d'astronomie, je n'ai vu cela qu'environ cinq fois. C'était vraiment très spectaculaire".

English-French Translation by ImTranslator 3.2-P http://translation.imtranslator.net

A fireball crossed the Belgian sky on Saturday evening

Vision will have surprised more than a Saturday evening. One "fireball" crossed the skyline in effect at about 22 h. It was nothing at least than of a fireball, as it is pointed out in the public Observatory Urania, who qualifies phenomenon as "very spectacular".
Numerous persons in the country pointed out having noticed "fireball" this, notably on the forum of debate of the Observatory Urania. The most part tell have seen one fireball of colour green-yellow. According to the manager of Urania, Mark Van den Broeck, it was of one fireball or fireball. " It is dusts which dissolve in the atmosphere. When it is of one fireball, it is a little bigger, of small pebbles which enter the atmosphere ".
What was special Saturday evening, it is the largeness of the fireball and the hour in which observations took place. Normally the runny stars, fireballs or fireballs watch each other at the end of night, before dawn.
In this case it occurred at about 22 h and fireball was very visible. " It began being dark, numerous persons were still outside ", explains Mark Van den Broeck. " For 25 years when I am in charge of astronomy, I saw it only about five times. It was really very spectacular ".