Specimen Fireball 1 : December 13, 2008 1208 UT
Observer's comment: Despite snow, Moon and dense cloud the Sandia all-sky Sentinel camera system still captured one
probable Geminid through a tiny hole in the clouds. It is the bright dot in the picture at screen left in the box.
Sonic Movie 1: Ashcraft's dual frequency forward scatter system; video and stereo sound:
Strong radio reflection. Head echo and initial onset only in this movie. Full duration in sonic movie 2 below.
FB20081213_1208ut40_Ashcraft.mp4 10 seconds 800 KB
Sonic Movie 2: Ashcraft's dual frequency forward scatter system; video and stereo sound:
Good specimen fireball.
FB29981213_1208utlo_Ashcraft.mp4 50 seconds 2.8 MB
Here is the movie from the Sandia Sentinel camera, without sound: v20081213_050800.80.mov
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1208 UT minute.
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35.50 North Lat. 105.89 West Long.
New Mexico
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