Fireball with an impressive final fulguration on November 8th

Last night, November 8, at 00:02 UT, a beautiful fireball with a stunning final fulguration was visible.

This object was recorded by the detectors operated by the SMART Project at the Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Olocau (Valencia), Huelva, Mazagón (Huelva), and Seville observatories.

Two of the Calar Alto Observatory's external cameras also captured this impressive event. The final flare, in particular, was visible in all its intensity from the Northwest camera.

According to the preliminary analysis carried out by Professor José María Madiedo (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia IAA-CSIC), Principal Investigator of the SMART Project, the object originated from Comet 2P/Encke.

The initial speed of the luminous portion of the event was 105,000 km/h, at an altitude of 102 km over the province of Alicante in southeastern Spain. The bolide then traveled in a northwest direction and ended at an altitude of 64 km over the same province of Alicante.

Below are the videos registered with the two of the external cameras operated at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería.

Calar Alto (CAHA) fireball detection station, together with the one at the Observatory of Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) and others placed at different locations in Spain, are part of the S.M.A.R.T. project led by Professor José María Madiedo (IAA) to track that kind of objects. Specifically, Calar Alto (CAHA) station and the one at Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) constitute a collaboration agreement between the IAA researcher José María Madiedo and both institutions.