Fireball 1  :   July 24, 2008    0350 UT

Observer's comments:  Through my window, I witnessed this particular meteor.  It was whitish with a slight blue tint.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080724_0350ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  1 MB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Unfortunately, the radio system was affected by ionospheric sporadic-E on both channels at the time of this meteor.
I include the movie for possible visual light curve information.
 FB20080724_0350ut_Ashcraft.mp4  6 seconds  960 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0350 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 2  :   July 24, 2008    0424 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080724_0424ut_Ashcraft.mov 6 seconds  794 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Still intense radio interference from sporadic-E. Movie not included.

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the end of the 0424 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Meteor 3  :   July 24, 2008    0537 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080724_0537ut_Ashcraft.mov    6 seconds  794 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Nice stereo reflection.   Sporadic-E cleared out so there is a radio reflection.
FB20080724_0537ut_Ashcraft.mp4     12 seconds   1.6 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the end of the 0537 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Meteor 4  :   July 24, 2008    1040 UT

Observer's comments:  Meteor is the streak at screen top right.  

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080724_1040ut_Ashcraft.mov 6 seconds  794 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Strong radio reflection.    
 FB20080724_1040ut_Ashcraft.mp4  40 seconds   5.3 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 1040 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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