November 9th 2022
Since November began, fireball activity has been increased a lot.
Besides the big event in South France, commented in previous article, several fireballs could be registered from the SMART Station’s detectors operated at different observatories: Calar Alto in Almería, La Sagra and Sierra Nevada in Granada, La Hita in Toledo, Huelva, El Aljarafe in Seville and Seville.
Different external cameras operated at Calar Alto Observatory also registered these events.
October 5th 2022
A bright fireball crossed the sky over the french Pyrenees in the Southern France at midnight (01:00 Spanish Local Time) during October 4th to 5th night. It could be registered by the surveillance webcams system in Calar Alto Observatory (Almería) from a stunning distance over 700km.
October 14th 2022
October is being a great month concerning fireballs.
On October 14th, at 18h46 UT (20h46 Spanish local time), another impressive fireball could be registered with the SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), La Sagra (Granada), Sierra Nevada (Granada), Huelva and Seville observatories.
In this occasion, two of the external cameras located at Calar Alto Observatory, in Almería, could record the total path of this event, from its beginning to its explosive end.
October 13th 2022
The Spanish National Day started with a really impressive fireball at 4h50 UT (6h50 Spanish local time)
This spectacular object has been registered with the SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Huelva, El Aljarafe (Seville) and Seville observatories.
Several external cameras of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, also recorded this incredible event.
October 9th 2022
At 02h24 UT of last October 9th 2022, a bright fireball overflew Valencia province (mid-east Spain).
The object was registered with SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto (Almería), Ayora (Valencia), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada) and La Sagra (Granada).
As on other occasions,, some of the external cameras located at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería also followed this event.
- Bright and long fireball on October 4th 2022
- Fireball with a very long trajectory over South Spain on September 27th
- From Cape Canaveral to Calar Alto: Falcon 9 launch by SpaceX captured
- Two fireballs fly over the southeast of the peninsula.
- Impressive re-entry of the Space X Falcon 9 rocket second stage
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