Fireball 1  :   April 5, 2008    0410 UT

Observer's Comments:  
Nice fireball with stereo radio reflection. Good sound.

Movies :
 
Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080405_0410ut_Ashcraft.mov   712 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Long meteor with short but well defined dual radio stereo reflection.
FB20080405_0410ut_Ashcraft.mp4    1.8 MB   16 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrograph of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 04:10 UT minute. Good sonic definition in stereo. All dots and blips on chart are small space dust particles.







Fireball 2  :   April 5, 2008    0855 UT

Observer's Comments:  Quick fireball. Short radio reflection.


Movies :


Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080405_0855ut_Ashcraft.mov   712 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080405_0855ut_Ashcraft.mp4     2.2 MB   20 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrograph of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 08:55 UT minute. All dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.

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