Some people were able to observe a special light phenomenon in the sky over Quebec on Monday evening.
It was around 6:15 p.m. when an object left a long pink-green trail in the already dark night.
“We’re talking about a racing car. It didn't burst, just consumed in the atmosphere, but was very bright and long lasting. About three seconds,” explains Philippe Moussette, photographer and amateur astronomer.
In astronomy, a bolide is the name given to the luminous phenomenon that occurs when an extraterrestrial solid natural celestial body (metoid) of different sizes enters the atmosphere. The observed phenomenon falls into the category of meteors, which includes all objects that leave a luminous trail when they enter the Earth's atmosphere.
According to Philippe Moussette, this phenomenon occurs occasionally. However, this one was particularly brilliant, allowing several citizens to see and appreciate it.
Images were captured over several months, in spring 2023, thanks to the DOMe (Meteor Detection and Observation) project led by the Montreal Planetarium.
In Montebello, at the Mont Mégantic Observatory, in Quebec, Louiseville and Saint-Georges, eleven cameras cross southern Quebec.
The Quebec team is working with the Europeans behind the FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network) project.