Meteor 1  :   April 18, 2008   0440 UT

Observer's Comments:  Clear night after a day of snow. Meteor activity picking up.

Movies :


Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080417_0440ut_Ashcraft.mov   822 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Subtle and interesting sound reflection. May require headphones.
 FB20080418_0440ut_Ashcraft.mp4    900 KB   10 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 0440 UT minute.   Not a prominent reflection.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.

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Meteor 2  :   April 18, 2008   0625 UT

Observer's Comments:  Meteor is small streak to lower right of Moon.

Movies :


Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080418_0625ut_Ashcraft.mov  927 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Strong radio reflection.
   FB20080418_0625ut_Ashcraft.mp4  6.5 MB   40 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 0625-26 UT minutes.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.






Meteor 3  :   April 18, 2008   0959 UT



Observer's Comments :  The Sentinel system captured this movie but my secondary system crashed last night
so there is no audible sonic record  of this particular meteor.

Movie :


Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080418_0959ut_Ashcraft.mov  815 KB  6 seconds