Large bolide disintegrates above Swiss Alps (15 March, 19:44 UTC)
Large bolide with fragmentations and detonations, at least 8.8 seconds
The end of the trajectory was probably above the high Alps in Switzerland, just southsoutheast of Lake Lucerne.
Update (16 March 2015):
First trajectory calculation published by Swiss group of meteor astronomers
The calculation is based on skycam recordings of three Swiss observatories (Mirasteilas Falera (FAL), Oberdorf (OBE), Schafmatt (SCH))
Photo and calculation: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie
Seen from Inzing, Tirol, Austria
Seen from Mannheim, Germany
Seen from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Seen from observatory Mirasteilas-Falera, Graubünden, Switzerland (46°48’15.34″N, 9°13’27.00″E, height 1288 m)
Video: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie
Seen from a private observatory in Oberdorf BL, Switzerland (47°23’30.80″N, 7°45’09.80″E, height 519 m
Video: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie
Seen from private observatory Bos-cha (BOS), Switzerland (46°46’38.52″N , 10°10’10.95″E, height 1666 m
Video: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie
Seen from observatory Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca (GNO 1), Switzerland (46°13’53.26″N, 9°01’26.54″E, height 254 m)
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Video: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie
Seen from Blaustein (1), Germany
Seen from Blaustein (2), Germany
Seen from Chaligny, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Photo/Video: Marc Herrault
Seen from motorway 1 southeast of Wiedlisbach, Switzerland
Seen from motorway 81, near exit Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Seen from the observatory Welzheim, Germany
Photo: Sternwarte Welzheim
Ionized atmospheric gas trail of the bolide (Betelgeuze, field of view ~ 10°)
Ionized atmospheric gas trail of the bolide, images ordered in a spiral, between 20:43:30 und 20:53:04 CET
Photos: Hans Hopf
Video animation of the photos above (covered time: 36 minutes,the gas trail was visible for more than 20 minutes)
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Video animation: Hans Hopf, Bavaria, Germany
Negative video animation of the photos above (covered time: 65 min. / field of view: 23°x15°)
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Video animation: Hans Hopf, Bavaria, Germany
Part of the trail seen from Öschingen, Germany
Photo: Philipp Lehmann
