Specimen Fireball 1 :   January 01, 2008   1251-1252 UT

Observer's comment:  This was the best fireball of the night. It made a "popping" sound as it flared at the end.

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
FB20090101_1251uthe_Ashcraft.mp4   15 seconds  2.3 MB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Full duration of radio scatter:
FB20090101_1251utlo_Ashcraft.mp4   1 minute 14 seconds  3.3 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection begins at the end of the 1251 UT minute.
   





Specimen Fireball 2 :   January 01, 2008   0312 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Faint radio reflection.
FB20090101_0312ut_Ashcraft.mp4  7 seconds  300 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
The prominent fireball mark during 0312 UT was a previous meteor ( out of visual range )  and not the meteor in the above movie.
 





Specimen Fireball 3 :   January 01, 2008   0954 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Weak reflection.
FB20090101_0954ut_Ashcraft.mp4  34 seconds  1.5  MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs near end of 0954 UT minute.
 


 


Specimen Fireball 4 :   January 01, 2008   0557 UT

This fireball was not captured on the Sentinel system but appears on the secondary video mid-screen.

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
This fireball made a strong radio reflection.
FB20090101_0557utns_Ashcraft.mp4  15 seconds  300 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during the 0557 UT minute.
 
 
 
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