Meteor 1 : April 30, 2008 0344 UT
Observer's Comments: Three visible meteor captures last night. Prominent fire haze is still in the atmosphere from regional fires.
Movies :
Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080430_034420ut_Ashcraft.mov 712 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's videos and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Good dual channel ringing tones. Good capture.
FB20080430_0344ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.1 MB 10 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs right at the end of 0344 UT minute, at the end of the spectrogram.
Meteor 2 : April 30, 2008 0649 UT
Observer's Comments: Small meteor but long radio scatter reflection.
Movies :
Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080430_064955ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's videos and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Long tone. NOTE : Large video file. Perhaps for researchers only.
FB20080430_0649ut_Ashcraft.mp4 7.3 MB 55 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs at the end of 06:49 into 06:50 UT minutes.
Meteor 3 : April 30, 2008 1002 UT
Observer's Comments: Nice meteor. Sub-fireball in magnitude.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080430_100207ut_Ashcraft.mov 774 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's videos and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Subtle radio sound. Might require headphones to hear the intricate sonic definition in stereo.
FB20080430_1002ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.3 MB 10 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 1002 UT minute.
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