METEOROS No. 0506/2020

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...…shows noctilucent clouds that were widely visible on 6 June. At 21.17 UTC near Schwarzenberg, Claudia Hinz captured a supposed meteor together with the already fading noctilucent clouds, but its front part was cut off. Since she was initially unsure whether it really was one, she asked the video observers for help. And indeed, both Sirko Molau in Ketzür (picture bottom left) and Wolfgang Hinz (bottom center and right) in Schwarzenberg were able to record it.
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