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UKMON and BOAM record fireball across the Channel

By Richard Kacerek

Fireball date: 12 August 2014 at 00:05:31 UT

Fireball ID: M20140812_000531

UKMON and BOAM Fireball on 12 August 2014 from Jean Brunet's camera

UK Meteor Observation Network has been collaborating with French meteor observer database (BOAM) for number of years and only now during 2014 Perseid meteor shower we have been lucky to record a large fireball across the two networks.

We call this one BOAM’s fireball since we were alerted first by Tioga about event on 12 August 2014 at 00:05:31 UT

Norman Lockyer Observatory has recorded the fireball visually as well in radio spectrum:

UKMON and BOAM Fireball on 12 August 2014 from Norman Lockyer camera

Astonishingly Richard Fleet from Wilcot has also recorded this fireball in both spectrums:

UKMON and BOAM Fireball on 12 August 2014 from Wilcot camera

UKMON and BOAM Fireball on 12 August 2014 from Wilcot radio band

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