Note :  Meteor is the streak just to the right of the Moon.

Meteor 1  :   April 25, 2008   1031 UT

Observer's Comments:   Clear night though forest fire smoke in the atmosphere obscuring smaller meteors.
Only three rather small meteor captures this night. No prominent fireballs. Most interesting meteor listed first below.

Movies :
Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080425_103124ut_Ashcraft.mov  815 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
Nice radio reflection with intricate stereo sonic definition.    Note :  Large file.
 FB20080425_1031ut_Ashcraft.mp4   6.5 MB   53 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 the 1031 UT minute.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles





Meteor is the longer streak in highlighted boxes. Airplane is the small blip to the left of the meteor streak.
Meteor 2  :   April 25, 2008   0434 UT

Observer's Comments:  Just a faint radio reflection.

Movies :

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080425_043414ut_Ashcraft.mov   805 KB  3 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080425_0434ut_Ashcraft.mp4   849 KB   7 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 0434 UT minute. Only a minimal reflection.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.
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Meteor 3  :   April 25, 2008   0819 UT

Observer's comments:   Small meteor with a moderately strong radio reflection.

Movies :

Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080425_0819ut_Ashcraft.mov  851 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080425_0819ut_Ashcraft.mp4      3.2 MB   26 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 0819 UT minute.   All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.