David's Astronomy Pages (All Sky Camera)
NE Scotland Bollide on night  2016-02-29

Bollide (Bright Exploding Meteor) Notes
Bullet Pictures
Bullet Videos
- At around 6:45pm (18.45hUT) on 2016-02-29 a bright meteor crossed NE Scotland and exploded in a bright flash. The sight was witnessed by multiple witnesses and webcams across NE Scotland.   The light appears to have been seen as far south as Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders and Newcastle
- The sky was unfortunately overcast at my observatory site and the meteor was not directly imaged with my All Sky Camera, however a noticeable brightening of the sky was observed in a 21sec exposure covering the period 18:45:40 to 18:46:01. This corresponds with the reported time of the bollide exploding.
- BBC Report (incl videos)

Pictures

Sky Brightening - All Sky View
Centre Image : Sky brightening event in period 18:45:40 to 18:46:01 hUT (2016-02-29). Image #726196
Left Image : Frame directly before event. Image #726195
Right Frame : Frame directly after event. Image #726197
 Image 
  20 - 22s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera
  
Sky Brightening - All Sky View
Sky brightening event in period 18:45:40 to 18:46:01 hUT (2016-02-29). Image #726196
Image
  21s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera
  
Sky Brightening - 360 deg Panoramic View
Centre Image : Sky brightening event in period 18:45:40 to 18:46:01 hUT (2016-02-29). Image #726196
Left Image : Frame directly before event. Image #726195
Right Frame : Frame directly after event. Image #726197
   Image
  
 Panorama views of northern sky converted from original fish eye images
20 - 22s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

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 Videos

Video: All Sky view, 7 minute period
2016-02-29 18:42h to 18:49h (GMT/UT), Frames 726189 - 726204.
Link to .mp4 video file (0.2 MB)
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