Fireball 1    :   May 25, 2008    0455 UT

Observer's Comments:  Clear night. Four visual captures. Excellent conditions.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080524_045515ut_Ashcraft.mov       940 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Fine specimen. Strong sonic forward scatter reflection.
FB20080525_0455ut_Ashcraft.mp4     4.5 MB  39 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 04:55 UT minute.





Fireball 2    :   May 25, 2008    0607 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080525_060718ut_Ashcraft.mov       799 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
 FB20080525_0607ut_Ashcraft.mp4   4.5  MB  39 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 06:07 UT minute.




Fireball 3    :   May 25, 2008    0848 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080525_084814ut_Ashcraft.mov       814 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
 FB20080525_0848ut_Ashcraft.mp4  2.5 MB  16 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 08:48 UT minute. This particulat fireball does not show well on the chart. Not sure why.





Meteor 4    :   May 25, 2008    0336 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080525_033658ut_Ashcraft.mov       788 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Short sonic reflection, but nice in stereo.
 FB20080525_0336ut_Ashcraft.mp4   875 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 at the end of the 03:36 UT minute.


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