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Events in 2026   530-2026 KML

AMS received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Hessen, Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Thüringen on Tuesday, January 20th 2026 around 20:22 UT.

D. Sound
9 no
C. Sound
10 no
Frag
8 no
12  Reports

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AMS event #530-2026

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AMS event #530-2026

© Volkssternwarte H.
ID UT Date & Time Local Date & Time City State Dur. Magn. D. Sound C. Sound Frag. Observer Exp.
a 2026-01-20 20:13 UT 2026-01-20 21:13 CET Topfstedt Thüringen ≈3.5s -10 ? - - Carsten J 3
b 2026-01-20 20:18 UT 2026-01-20 21:18 CET Wallenhorst Niedersachsen ≈1.5s -11 - - ? Christina A 2
c 2026-01-20 20:18 UT 2026-01-20 21:18 CET Brakel Nordrhein-Westfalen <1s -13 ? ? ? Maria G 3
d 2026-01-20 20:19 UT 2026-01-20 21:19 CET Taunusstein Hessen ≈3.5s -8 - - - Klaus G 3
e 2026-01-20 20:20 UT 2026-01-20 21:20 CET Bochum Nordrhein-Westfalen ≈1.5s -17 - - - Valerie V 2
f 2026-01-20 20:20 UT 2026-01-20 21:20 CET Vorra Bayern ≈1.5s -13 ? ? - Dieter M 3
g 2026-01-20 20:25 UT 2026-01-20 21:25 CET Lippstadt Nordrhein-Westfalen ≈3.5s -5 - - ? Chiara H 1
h 2026-01-20 20:30 UT 2026-01-20 21:30 CET Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen <1s -15 - - - Joel B 2
i 2026-01-20 20:30 UT 2026-01-20 21:30 CET Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia ≈3.5s -11 - - - Anna-Lena S 2
j 2026-01-20 20:35 UT 2026-01-20 21:35 CET Solingen Nordrhein-Westfalen <1s -9 - - - Birgit W 1
k 2026-01-20 20:18 UT 2026-01-20 21:18 CET Hanover Lower Saxony ≈20s -6 - - ? Volkssternwarte H 5
l 2026-01-20 20:18 UT 2026-01-20 21:18 CET Kleinlangheim Bayern ≈3.5s 0 - - - Johannes Z 3

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