Meteor 1  :   April 26, 2008   1030 UT

Observer's Comments:   High thin cloud this night. Only two small visual meteors. Radio fireball rates low as well.
Also, forest fire smoke is currently heavy in the atmosphere obscuring smaller visual meteors.

Movies :
Movie 1, Sandia : Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080426_103005ut_Ashcraft.mov   797 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080426_1030ut_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 the 1030 UT minute.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles




Meteor 2  :   April 26, 2008   1042 UT

Observer's Comments:  Just a quick but intersting radio reflection.

Movies :

Movie 1, Sandia Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080426_104245ut_Ashcraft.mov    800 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
FB20080426_1042ut_Ashcraft.mp4    1.1 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 1042-1043 UT minutes. Only a minimal reflection.  All other dots and blips on graph are small space dust particles.