Fireball 1  :   August 05, 2008    0529 UT

Movies

Observer's comments :  Another nice probable sporadic meteor, but not an early Perseid.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080805_0529ut_Ashcraft.mov   6 seconds  768 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
This video is of the head echo only. See next file for full duration of radio reflection
FB20080805_he0529ut_Ashcraft.mp4  15 seconds  1.8 MB

Movie 3 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Full duration of scatter reflection.
FB20080805_0529ut_Ashcraft.mp4  45 seconds  5.4 MB


Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0529-0530 UT minutes. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 2  :   August 05, 2008    0803 UT  ( 2:03 am MDT )

Movies

Observer's comments :  Strong sonic reflection on both radios.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080805_0803ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  777 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Strong scatter sound.  NOTE:  Large file.
FB20080805_0803ut_Ashcraft.mp4  56 seconds  6.6 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0803 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 3  :   August 05, 2008    0910 UT  ( 3:10 am MDT )

Movies

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080805_0910ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Nice one.
FB20080805_0910ut_Ashcraft.mp4  19 seconds  2.2 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0910 UT minute.

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Meteor 4  :   August 05, 2008    0952 UT  ( 3:52 am MDT )

Observer's comment : Probable small Perseid meteor. Insignificant radio reflection.

Movie

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080805_0952ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  938 KB

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