{"id":4053,"date":"2015-03-15T21:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T20:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2015-04-08T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:57:49","slug":"large-bolide-above-southwestern-germany-switzerland-15-march-2044-local-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=4053","title":{"rendered":"Large bolide disintegrates above Swiss Alps (15 March, 19:44 UTC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Large bolide with fragmentations and detonations, at least 8.8 seconds<br \/>\nThe end of the trajectory was probably above the high Alps in Switzerland, just southsoutheast of Lake Lucerne.<\/p>\n<p>Update (16 March 2015):<br \/>\nFirst trajectory calculation published by Swiss group of meteor astronomers<br \/>\nThe calculation is based on skycam recordings of three Swiss observatories (Mirasteilas Falera (FAL), Oberdorf (OBE), Schafmatt (SCH))<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194411_Karte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194411_Karte.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1034\" class \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo and calculation: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Seen from Inzing, Tirol, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2S0CHjrVCgc\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from Mannheim, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyJyCS1W5CM\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGH3LUIDOwE\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from observatory Mirasteilas-Falera, Graub\u00fcnden, Switzerland (46\u00b048&#8217;15.34&#8243;N, 9\u00b013&#8217;27.00&#8243;E, height 1288 m)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194411_FAL_1P.mp4\" width=\"550\" height=\"283\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nVideo: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from a private observatory in Oberdorf BL, Switzerland (47\u00b023&#8217;30.80&#8243;N, 7\u00b045&#8217;09.80&#8243;E, height 519 m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194411_OBE_1.mp4\" width=\"550\" height=\"283\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nVideo: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from private observatory Bos-cha (BOS), Switzerland (46\u00b046&#8217;38.52&#8243;N , 10\u00b010&#8217;10.95&#8243;E, height 1666 m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194415_BOS_2.mp4\" width=\"550\" height=\"283\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nVideo: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from observatory Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca (GNO 1), Switzerland (46\u00b013&#8217;53.26&#8243;N, 9\u00b001&#8217;26.54&#8243;E, height 254 m)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meteorastronomie.ch\/images\/M20150315_194417_GNO_1.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DOWNLOAD (mp4)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVideo: Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from Blaustein (1), Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIsH_EbFkZw\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from Blaustein (2), Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1JQqoTTcC5Y\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from Chaligny, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boam.fr\/detection\/image\/M20150315_204412_Chaligny_01P.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boam.fr\/detection\/image\/M20150315_204412_Chaligny_01P.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo\/Video: Marc Herrault<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.boam.free.fr\/detection\/video\/M20150315_204412_Chaligny_01.flv\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>VIDEO (flv)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from motorway 1 southeast of Wiedlisbach, Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ff7mv4wLz1U\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from motorway 81, near exit Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VjsyA2kUYig\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seen from the observatory Welzheim, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de\/media.media.3033a1b7-5388-4eab-8082-0da0c039e862.normalized.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de\/media.media.3033a1b7-5388-4eab-8082-0da0c039e862.normalized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Sternwarte Welzheim<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ionized atmospheric gas trail of the bolide (Betelgeuze, field of view ~ 10\u00b0)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4102\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ionized-trail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4102\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ionized-trail.jpg\" alt=\"Ionized atmospheric gas trail of the bolide, images ordered in a spiral, between 20:43:30 und 20:53:04 CET\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ionized-trail.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ionized-trail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ionized-trail-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ionized atmospheric gas trail of the bolide, images ordered in a spiral, between 20:43:30 und 20:53:04 CET<br \/> Photos: Hans Hopf<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Video animation of the photos above (covered time: 36 minutes,the gas trail was visible for more than 20 minutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrotreff.de\/upload\/HaHo\/20150317\/Metanim2.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DOWNLOAD (animated GIF)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVideo animation: Hans Hopf, Bavaria, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Negative video animation of the photos above (covered time: 65 min. \/ field of view: 23\u00b0x15\u00b0)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrotreff.de\/upload\/HaHo\/20150318\/Untitled.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DOWNLOAD (animated GIF)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVideo animation: Hans Hopf, Bavaria, Germany<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrotreff.de\/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=179025&amp;whichpage=3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part of the trail seen from \u00d6schingen, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4110\" style=\"width: 821px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/seen-from-\u00d6schingen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4110\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/seen-from-\u00d6schingen.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Philipp Lehmann\" width=\"811\" height=\"622\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/seen-from-\u00d6schingen.jpg 811w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/seen-from-\u00d6schingen-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Philipp Lehmann<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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