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On July 19th 2025, at 22h13 UT, a bright fireball could be observed to the east coast of Almería (Southeast Spain).
The object was registered with the SMART Project’s detectors operated at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), La Sagra (Granada), Huelva and Seville observatories.
At Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, two of its cameras also followed the event.
The preliminary analysis was carried out by Professor José María Madiedo (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía IAA-CSIC), PI of the SMART Project. His conclusions are:
- Event type: cometary
- Initial speed: 69.000 km/h
- Initial altitude: 87 km
- Final altitude: 45 km
Below are the videos registered with two of the Calar Alto Observatory (Almería) cameras.
Calar Alto (CAHA) fireball detection station, together with the one at the Observatory of Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) and others placed at different locations in Spain, are part of the S.M.A.R.T. project led by Professor José María Madiedo (IAA) to track that kind of objects. Specifically, Calar Alto (CAHA) station and the one at Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) constitute a collaboration agreement between the IAA researcher José María Madiedo and both institutions.