Fireball 1    :   June 4, 2008    0550 UT

Observer's Comments: Clear night. Four visible fireballs this night.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080604_0550ut_Ashcraft.mov       756 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Very subtle reflection. Might require headphones to hear distinctly.
   FB20080604_0550ut_Ashcraft.mp4    464 KB  6 seconds


Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs near the end of the 05:50 UT minute but is not prominent on the spectrogram. All other dots are space dust particles.





Fireball 2     :   June 4, 2008    1034 UT

Observer's Comments: Clear night. Only one visible fireball this night.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080604_1034ut_Ashcraft.mov       756 KB  6 seconds


Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Good sonic reflection in stereo.
    FB20080604_1034ut_Ashcraft.mp4   4.4 MB  29 seconds


Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 10:34 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.



Fireball 3      :   June 4, 2008    0950 UT

Observer's Comments:  This particular meteor is difficult to see in the movie below but shoots from center right of the screen to screen right.

Movie :  
Movie 1 :   Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Long sonic reflection in stereo.
 FB20080604_0950ut_Ashcraft.mp4      6 MB  53 seconds


Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the end of the 09:50 UT minute and goes into the 09:51 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.
 


Fireball 4     :   June 4, 2008    1029 UT

Observer's Comments:  Not a Sentinel capture and just a quick bright visual blip at lower screen left but it created a long radio reflection.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Strong sonic reflection in stereo.
     FB20080604_1029ut_Ashcraft.mp4  1.9 MB  16 seconds


Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 10:29 UT minute.


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