Specimen Fireball 1 :   December 13, 2008    1208 UT

Observer's comment:  Despite snow, Moon and dense cloud the Sandia all-sky Sentinel camera system still captured one
probable Geminid through a tiny hole in the clouds. It is the bright dot in the picture at screen left in the box.

Sonic Movie 1:  Ashcraft's dual frequency forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Strong radio reflection. Head echo and initial onset only in this movie. Full duration in sonic movie 2 below.
FB20081213_1208ut40_Ashcraft.mp4
     10 seconds     800 KB

Sonic Movie 2:  Ashcraft's dual frequency forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Good specimen fireball.
FB29981213_1208utlo_Ashcraft.mp4    50 seconds    2.8  MB

Here is the movie from the Sandia Sentinel camera, without sound:   v20081213_050800.80.mov
  
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1208 UT minute.
 

 
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