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.

August 2nd 2025

Another nice Alpha-Capricornid flew above Murcia (South East Spain) skies on August 1^st, at 22h12 UT.

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

In this case, three of the external cameras located at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, could also register this nice fireball.

August 2nd 2025

Last July 30^th, south of Spain had an interesting night due to the peak of Alpha-Capricornids shower and the initial phase of Perseids.

In fact three of these nice objects were registered with both, the SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, and also several of its externals cameras.

Together with Calar Alto Observatory, SMART Project detectors located at La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Seville and Huelva, also registered these events.