Halloween fireball 31 October 22:28:54 UT

By Richard Kacerek

Fireball date: 31 October 2015 at 22:28:54 UT

Fireball ID: M20151031_222854

Halloween evening is usually time for witches and ghosts to appear on our cameras but this time we caught something more interesting. A sporadic fireball with two explosions, captured by two UKMON cameras and calculated actual magnitude was -6.3 magnitude.

Halloween fireball from Ash Vale North

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Halloween fireball from Wilcot North East

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Klaas Jobse from Oostkapelle observatory in Netherlands send us this picture

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And we roughly calculated orbit and ground position

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Halloween fireball 31 October 22:28:54 UT

Halloween fireball from Ash Vale North

Halloween fireball from Wilcot North East

Klaas Jobse from Oostkapelle observatory in Netherlands send us this picture

And we roughly calculated orbit and ground position

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Halloween fireball 31 October 22:28:54 UT

Halloween fireball from Ash Vale North

Halloween fireball from Wilcot North East

Klaas Jobse from Oostkapelle observatory in Netherlands send us this picture

And we roughly calculated orbit and ground position

Have you seen a fireball?

Official UKMON Cap

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