Specimen Fireball 1 :   January 11, 2009  0313 UT

Observer's comment :  This small fireball is the short streak at screen upper left from the Moon area.  Full moon at 0327 UT this night.

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Weak but interesting radio reflection.

 FB20090111_0313ut_Ashcraft.mp4   14 seconds  800 KB

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 during the 0313 UT minute.  Negligible.
 






Specimen Meteor 2 :   January 11, 2009  0848 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Weak but evident radio reflection.

 FB20090111_0848ut_Ashcraft.mp4  21 seconds  1.1 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 during the 0848 UT minute.
 
 




Specimen Meteor 3 :   January 11, 2009  1218 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Minimal head echo and weak trailing ionization.

 FB20090111_1218ut_Ashcraft.mp4  22 seconds  1.1 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 during the 1218 UT minute.
 
 
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