Note :  Meteor is small streak in highlighted box. That is the Moon at lower screen right.


Meteor 1    :   May 18, 2008    0906 UT

Observer's Comments:   
Clear night. Two small meteors in visual range the entire night.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
   v20080518_090650ut_Ashcraft.mov  812 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with dual channel sound:
Fast meteor and nice sonic stereo reflection.
   FB20080518_0906ut_Ashcraft.mp4   1.2 MB  9 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 09:06 UT minute.



 
Note :  Meteor is tiny streak in highlighted box. That is the Moon at lower screen right.

Meteor 2    :   May 18, 2008    0754 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
   v20080518_075411ut_Ashcraft.mov  814 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with dual channel sound:
Small meteor and a delayed forward scatter reflection.
  FB20080518_0754ut_Ashcraft.mp4    3.5 MB  25 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 07:54 UT minute.


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