Observer's Comments :  The Perseids are ramping up. All meteors on this page are probable
Perseids with the exception of Fireball 3.

Meteor 1  :   August 09, 2008    0917 UT

Movies

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_0917ut_Ashcraft.mov    6 seconds  768 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Long scatter reflection. Large file.
FB20080809_0917ut_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 0917 UT minute. Other fireballs on the spectrograph were not in visual range.

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Fireball 2  :   August 09, 2008    0921 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_0921ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  777 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
FB20080809_0921ut_Ashcraft.mp4  21 seconds  2.5 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 0921 UT minute.  See the 0923 UT fireball next on list.

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Fireball 3  :   August 09, 2008    0923 UT

Observer's comment : This particular meteor was not a Perseid.


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_0923ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Large file!   Strong radio reflection.  Full duration of refelction in movie.
FB20080809_0923ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 52 seconds  12.7 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 0923-0924 UT minutes.

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Meteor 4  :   August 09, 2008    0953 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_0953ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  938 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
 FB20080809_0953ut_Ashcraft.mp4 56 seconds  6.4 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 0953-0954 UT minutes.

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Fireball 5  :   August 09, 2008    1005 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_1005ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
FB20080809_1005ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 20 seconds  9.4 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 1005-1006 UT minutes.

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Meteor 6  :   August 09, 2008    1009 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_1009ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
 FB20080809_1009ut_Ashcraft.mp4  39 seconds  4.5 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 1009-1010 UT minutes.

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Meteor 7  :   August 09, 2008    1032 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_1032ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
FB20080809_1032ut_Ashcraft.mp4  56 seconds  6.4 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 1032-1033 UT minutes.

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Meteor 8  :   August 09, 2008    1126 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_1126ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
   FB20080809_1126ut_Ashcraft.mp4 33 seconds  5.3 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 1126-1127 UT minutes.

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Meteor 9  :   August 09, 2008    1137 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20080809_1137ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  774 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
FB20080809_1137ut_Ashcraft.mp4   28 seconds  3.1 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 1137 UT minute.


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