September 18, 2025

The skies over Spain offered a spectacular show this week. Thanks to the detectors of the SMART Project, a big fireball was captured by observatories in Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra and Otura (Granada), Huelva, and Seville.

During the early morning of September 18 at around 02:11 UT, a dazzling fireball crossed the heavens, bursting with several flares and leaving behind a vivid, colorful trail.

The outdoor cameras of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería were fortunate enough to capture this moment.

September 15, 2025

At 20:54 UT on September 15, 2025, a bright fireball was observed crossing the Mediterranean Sea in a southerly direction, leaving behind a short trail of light.

The phenomenon was recorded by the SMART Project detectors operating at Calar Alto (Almería), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Otura (Granada), El Arenosillo (Huelva), La Hita (Toledo), and Seville.

Two of the Calar Alto Observatory’s outdoor cameras also captured this beautiful event.

August 18th 2025

Two fireballs during weekend of August 16 and 17, 2025 above South Spain skies.

During the weekend of August 16 and 17, two fireballs were registered with the SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Otura (Granada), Huelva and Seville observatories.

The first one happened at 23h15 UT of August 16^th, while the second one was at 02h54 UT of August 17^th.

Several of the cameras located at Calar Alto Observatory, in Almería, also registered these events.

August 11th, 2025

On the night of August 10, numerous eyewitnesses observed the disintegration of an object as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. Although initial analyses suggested it was the fourth stage of the Chinese Jielong-3 rocket, further analysis revealed it to be Starlink 30199.

This artificial fireball was registered with the SMART Project's detector operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo),  Sierra Nevada (Granada), Otura (Granada), Huelva and Sevilla observatories.

At Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, several of its external cameras, also recorded this event.

August 8th, 2025

A very bright and fast Perseid in daylight could be seen during last August 8th evening, at 19h55 UT.

This object was registered with the SMART Project’s detector operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), Huelva and Seville observatories.

Three of the external cameras of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería also followed this nice event.