Fireball 1 : May 5, 2008 0621 UT
Observer's Comments: This morning was the predicted peak period for the Eta Aquariid meteor shower but it has produced only
a few fireballs over the past couple of days. On this night ( clear all night ) there were only a few meteor captures. Nothing spectacular.
Fireball 1 : This meteor was not an Eta Aquariid.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sandia Labs Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080505_062114ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Minimal sound generated from this meteor.
FB20080505_0621ut_Ashcraft.mp4 920 KB 7 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 0621 UT minute. Just a dot of sound.
Meteor 2 : May 5, 2008 1038 UT
Observer's Comments: Possible tiny Eta Aquariid.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080505_103835ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Just a small sonic reflection after the meteor appears.
FB20080505_1038ut_Ashcraft.mp4 920 MB 7 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during the 1038 UT minute. Only a dot. The larger fireball during that minute was out of visual range.
Meteor 3 : May 5, 2008 1114 UT
Observer's Comments: Possible Eta Aquariid meteor. Still to be analyzed.
Sound obscured by other meteors out of visual range so the second sound movie not included here.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera capture, without sound:
v20080505_111457ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
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