Meteor 1  :   April 23, 2008   0250 UT

Observer's Comments:  Clear night. Fireball rates higher the past few nights.

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_0250ut_Ashcraft.mov    912 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Slow meteor with interesting minimal but obvious  reflection.
 FB20080423_0250ut_Ashcraft.mp4    1.9 MB   14 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 0250 UT minute.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.
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Meteor 2  :   April 23, 2008   0525 UT

Observer's Comments:  Long radio reflection!

Movies :

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_0525ut_Ashcraft.mov    881 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
 Long and complete to the end radio reflection.     LARGE VIDEO FILE!
FB20080423_0525ut_Ashcraft.mp4    14.5 MB   1 minute 58 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 0523-0525 UT minutes.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.





Meteor 3  :   April 23, 2008   0823 UT

Observer's Comments :  Strong and large fireball. Great stereo sound definition and doppler effect.

Movies:

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_0823ut_Ashcraft.mov    822 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Head echo only on first movie.
FB20080423_0823utHE_Ashcraft.mp4  1.3 MB   10 seconds
Movie 3, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Complete radio reflection.     LARGE VIDEO FILE!
 FB20080423_0823ut_Ashcraft.mp4   13.2 MB  1 minute 41 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 0823 and following UT minutes.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.


Meteor 4  :   April 23, 2008   0849 UT

Observer's Comments :  In image above, meteor is small blip in highlighted box area, screen left.

Movies :

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_0849ut_Ashcraft.mov    817 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound.
Head echo only for this movie.
FB20080423_0849utHE_Ashcraft.mp4  1.2 MB 9 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 0849 and following UT minutes.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.




Meteor 5  :   April 23, 2008   1017 UT

Observer's Comments :  
Movies:

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_1017ut_Ashcraft.mov    889 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Head echo only in movie for this long duration radio fireball.
   FB20080423_1017utHE_Ashcraft.mp4  1.6 MB  12 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 1017 and following UT minutes.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.




Meteor 6  :   April 23, 2008   1021 UT

Observer's Comments :  Delayed radio echo.  Interesting.

Movies:

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_1021ut_Ashcraft.mov    870 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
 FB20080423_1021ut_Ashcraft.mp4   4.8 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 1021 UT minute.  Fireball at 1023 UT was out of visual range. All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.





Meteor 7  :   April 23, 2008   1136 UT

Observer's Comments : Dawn meteor, streak just at upper left of the Moon.

Movies:

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080423_1136ut_Ashcraft.mov    1 MB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080423_1136ut_Ashcraft.mp4     4 MB  37 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 1136 UT minute.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.



Non-Sentinel Capture  -   No Image

Meteor 8  :   April 23, 2008   0849 UT


Observer's Comments :  Sentinel missed this fireball but it was captured on the secondary system with sound.

Movies:

Movie 1, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Fireball appears at right of screen.  Head echo only on this fireball.

 FB20080423_0849utHE_Ashcraft.mp4  608 KB  6 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 0849 UT minute.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.