Specimen Fireball 1 :   January 15, 2009  1252 UT  ( 5:52 am MST )

Observer's comment : This fireball was a mutual video capture with the camera at Sandia Labs in Albuquerque.
I made a side by side movie with my observatory camera near Eldorado, New Mexico on the left and
 the Sandia Labs, Albuquerque camera on the right.
Movie :    Mutual20090115_1252ut.mov  310 KB

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Subtle sound.
Weak radio reflection commensurate to its size.

FB20090115_1252ut_Ashcraft.mp4  11 seconds  800 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection begins during the 1252 UT minute.
 




Specimen Meteor 2 :   January 15, 2009  0524 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
This relatively weak radio scatter reflection begins before the meteor is visible on camera.

FB20090115_0524ut_Ashcraft.mp4  10 seconds  600 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection begins during the 0524 UT minute.
 





Specimen Meteor 3 :   January 15, 2009  0155 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
And another subtle one.

FB20090115_0155ut_Ashcraft.mp4  10 seconds  600 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection begins during the 0552 UT minute. Slightly evident.
 

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