Show threadDavid Weir Apr 25, 2023

I realised this morning that the #Lyrids meteor shower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrids) was peaking around the time we saw the fireball on Saturday - and this meteor shower has a history of producing fireballs. However, the trajectory was not consistent with the shower radiant…

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Lyrids - Wikipedia

David Weir Apr 23, 2023

We saw a #fireball #meteor over #Helsinki last night just before midnight, and it seems we weren’t the only ones in #Finland to see something at the same time: https://fireball.imo.net/imo_view/event/2023/2282

If you saw something please report it to the International Meteor Organisation so they can improve the trajectory! 🙌 #CitizenScience

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International Meteor Organization

We received 2 reports about a fireball seen over Keski-Suomi and Uusimaa on Saturday, April 22nd 2023 around 20:50 UT.