22 February 2011

Netherlands / France Bright Meteor Fireball ~21:05pm 20FEB2011

Netherlands Noord-Holland. Bright Meteor Fireball ~21:05 20FEB2011 
Feb 21 2011, 9:59 PM
Guest671 (guest):meteor sight Netherlands Noord-Holland. 20 February around 21:05pm. Bright large fireball that fell apart in about 2-4 seconds. It was very excited to be part of it.
Thank you!


Update!
Just got news that there is one all-sky that did get it: station EN 95 Benningbroek in the northwest of the country operated by Jos Nijland captured it. It is low on the horizon there, not a real spectacular picture imo. Lots of brightness variation visible along the trail.
It is low south-southwest in Eridanus on the image, suggesting appearance over the Belgian coast/Northern French coast/Northern Channel area.
There really should be British, Belgian or French observations if it was clear there.
- Marco
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All I can say about it at the moment is that the Dutch all-sky camera's did not
capture it because of cloud cover on the active stations. While some parts of
the Netherlands were clear that night, several areas had cloud cover (it was
clouded here in Leiden for example). That is rather unfortunate.
- Marco
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Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
http://www.dmsweb.org



http://www.marcolangbroek.nl

I was driving at a quarter to nine approximatly, to Nunspeet and five minutes before this place i saw a huge fireball in the sky. At first i was shocked en than i saw the gigantic tail and thought "this must be a meteor". It fell into little pieces when it came in contact with the earth`s atmosphere. It was very spooky and at the same time very special to see.
Greetings from, Heidi Wenteler, Emmen (Drenthe), Holland
Thank You Heidi for your email and report!

Val de Reuil near Rouen in France Meteor 21:00hrs 20FEB2011
bul2vi wrote:
I also saw the meteor to 21 hours, very big and bright yellow color, seen in the North North East in the direction west to east. I live in the city of Val de Reuil near Rouen in France.
Thank you!


KAL wrote:
Was driving on the Dutch A1 in the direction towards Amsterdam. Just passed the 132 km marker at 2103L when I saw the mentoned meteor. It was visible for 3-5 seconds and passing from a northern to southern direction with a drop angle of app 60 degrees
KAL
Thank you KAL!


amsterdam fireball
Hi there, I've seen the same as the others did in the Amsterdam skys...
On Sunday the 20th of Feb around at 9pm (Dutch time) I was sitting at my desk facing the window and suddently a huge light appeared, starting with yellow colour and then turning to green light leaving sparks behind and then disappeared.
So happy to have seen that because it was HUGE and WONDERFUL!!!!
Cheers
Laura C.


Orleans, France Meteor 21h 20FEB2011
Feb 27 2011, 6:36 AM 
Guest205 (guest) Denis wrote: I confirm the fall of a metorite, seen on February 20th, at about 21h, toward the north, duraing 3secs.

If anyone else witnessed this event please email 
with your report details.  Please search for security camera videos or photos of this meteor and send me.
Thanks! - TOKYO


lunarmeteoritehunter@gmail.com 


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I also saw the meteor to 21 hours, very big and bright yellow color, seen in the North North East in the direction west to east. I live in the city of Val de Reuil near Rouen in France.
For testimony : bul2vi@yahoo.fr
Thanks