Specimen Fireball 1 :   November 15, 2008    1239 UT

Best fireball of the night. Possible, perhaps probable Taurid shower member.

Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Strong fireball with long ionization.
 FB20081115_1239ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 7 seconds  3.5 MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection begins during the 1239-1240 UT minutes.
 







Specimen Fireball 2:   November 15, 2008   0215  UT

Possible Taurid.

Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Interesting head echo on this one.
 
FB20081115_0215ut_Ashcraft.mp4  41 seconds  2 MB
  

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0215 UT minute.
 







Specimen Fireball 3 :   November 15, 2008    0238 UT

Another possible Taurid.

Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Very little reflection.
FB20081115_0238ut_Ashcraft.mp4    15 seconds  800 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0238 UT minute.  
 





Specimen Fireball 4 :   November 15, 2008    1033 UT


Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Small visual meteor but produced long ionization trail.
 FB20081115_1033ut_Ashcraft.mp4  52 seconds   2.6 MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1033-1034 UT minutes.
   






Specimen Fireball 5 :   November 15, 2008    1054 UT


Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Minimal head echo then long ionization reflection.
  FB20081115_1054ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 31 seconds  4.6 MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1054-1055 UT minutes. The 1056 UT fireball was out of visual range.
 





Specimen Fireball 6 :   November 15, 2008    1153 UT


Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Another minimal head echo then long ionization reflection.
 FB20081115_1153ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 31 seconds  3.2  MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1153-1154 UT minutes.
 





Specimen Fireball 7 :   November 15, 2008    1202 UT


Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Another minimal head echo then long ionization reflection.
 FB20081115_1202ut_Ashcraft.mp4  57 seconds  2.8  MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1202-1203 UT minutes.
 



  Specimen Fireball 8 :   November 15, 2008    0658 UT

This meteor over western Colorado was not capturedby the Sentinel imager but was captured on the secondary system.
It appears at screen top right.


Sonic Movie :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Long ionization.  Large File!
FB20081115_0658utns_Ashcraft.mp4  2 minutes 23 seconds 7.1 MB
  
 
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0658-0659 UT minutes.
 
 
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