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This bright fireball was registered with SMART Project detectors located at Calar Alto, Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo) and Huelva observatories. Calar Alto Observatory west surveillance webcam could also record the event. The fireball took place at 4:24 local time (2:24 UT) of July 27th 2016.
Following the analysis carried out by the Project PI, Professor José María Madiedo (University of Huelva), this event happened as consequence of the impact against the atmosphere of a meteoroid coming from Comet 169P/NEAT, at a speed of about 95.000 km/h. This event is associated to the alfa-Capricornids meteor shower. The fireball started at an altitude of 100 km, and flew over Córdoba and Jaen provinces (center-north Andalucía) with northeast direction. On the image at the top you can see the spectrum emission of the object and on the left is the projection of the path followed by this fireball.
Below are the videos taken with the fireball detection station and the surveillance webcam, both at Calar Alto Observatory.
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 (University of Huelva) to track that kind of objects. Specifically, Calar Alto (CAHA) station and the one at Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) constitute a collaboration agreement between Professor Madiedo and both institutions.