Fireball 1 : May 9, 2008 0626 UT
Observer's Comments: High thin cloud most of the night. Some good radio reflections in the movies below.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sandia Labs Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080509_0626ut_Ashcraft.mov 782 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
No obvious sonic reflection from this fireball. Interesting. Perhaps because of low velocity. Not sure.
FB20080609_0626ut_Ashcraft.mp4 887 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 above occurs during the 0626 UT minute. No reflection in this instance which is interesting. All dots are space dust particles.
Fireball 2 : May 9, 2008 0524 UT
Observer's Comments : Brief sound but nice in stereo.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080509_052453ut_Ashcraft.mov 900 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Short but interesting stereo radio reflection.
FB20080509_0524ut_Ashcraft.mp4 2 MB 10 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 the 0524 UT minute. Not distinguishable from other space dust particles.
Meteor 3 : May 9, 2008 0951 UT
Observer's Comments : Small meteor but a strong sound producer.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera capture, without sound:
v20080509_095110ut_Ashcraft.mov 781 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Strong sonic radio reflection. Long duration. LARGE FILE :
FB20080509_0951ut_Ashcraft.mp4 6.7 MB 1 minute
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0951 UT minute. Good stereo reflection.
Meteor 4 : May 9, 2008 1041 UT
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sandia Labs Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080509_104124ut_Ashcraft.mov 782 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Good reflection.
FB20080509_1041ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.7 MB 14 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 1041 UT minute. The meteor in the 10:42 ut minute following is the next meteor listed below.
Fireball 5 : May 9, 2008 1042 UT
Observer's Comments : Good long stereo sonic reflection in movie 2 below.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080509_104220ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Long dual channel radio reflection. LARGE VIDEO FILE!
FB20080509_1042ut_Ashcraft.mp4 9.5 MB 1 minute 23 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the end of the 1042 UT minute.
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