Fireball 1 : March 16, 2008 1118 UT
Observer's Comments: Terminal burst and strong radio reflection with slight delay in onset.
(Note: If you are on dialup, some movie files are large, like 7 or 8 MB.)
Movies :
Movie 1, Sandia Laboratory Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080316_1118UT_Ashcraft.mov 734 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2, Ashcraft's audio/video forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080316_1118UT_Ashcraft.mp4 8.2 MB 1 minute 10 seconds
Dual forward scatter spectrograph of meteor : 61.250 MHz above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Forward scatter during the 11:18 UT minute.
Possible Small Outburst of Meteors From Same Radiant
Meteor 2 : March 16, 2008 1108 UT
Observer's Comments:
Another meteor came one minute later in the same part of the sky. See Meteor 3 below.
Movies :
Movie 1, Sandia Laboratory Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080316_1108UT_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2, Ashcraft's audio/video forward scatter system with radio reflection/ sound:
FB20080316_1108_1_Ashcraft.mp4 1.2 MB 10 seconds
Dual forward scatter spectrograph of meteor : 61.250 MHz above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
One minute long reflection during the 1108 UT minute. See next meteor 3 during 1109 UT minute.
Meteor 3 : March 16, 2008 1109 UT
Observer's Comments: Small fireball. Connected to Meteor 2?
Movies :
Movie 1, Sandia Laboratory Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080316_1109UT_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2, Ashcraft's audio/video forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080316_1109UT_Ashcraft.mp4 1.9 MB 16 seconds
Dual forward scatter spectrograph of meteor : 61.250 MHz above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Forward scatter reflection during the 1109 UT minute on graph.
The meteor in the movie below may also be connected to the radiant.
Movie 4 Ashcraft's audio/video forward scatter system with full duration of radio reflection sound:
FB20080316_1108ut_Ashcraft.mp4 7.6 MB 1 minute 5 seconds ( large file)
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Video stackers welcome on the files below!
I am hoping that someone who has stacking capability can stack one of the 5 second movies below to determine if there is a common radiant. Thank you!
Here is an edited .mp4 movie reduced to 5 seconds with the 3 meteors in question:
March162008x3_Ashcraft.mp4 475 KB
The same movie as a .mov file :
March162008x3_Ashcraft.mov 1.7 MB
And here is the same 5 second movie as an .avi file
March162008x3_Ashcraft.avi 1.8 MB
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