Note: The Moon is the sphere bottom left rim of circle. Meteor is tiny streak to right of Moon.
Meteor 1 : March 31, 2008 1016 UT
Observer's Comments: Again, only two tiny visible meteors the entire night.
Movie :
Movie 1, Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080331_101623_Ashcraft.mov 824 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
This particular meteor produced a strong ringing radio reflection.
FB20080331_1016ut_Ashcraft.mp4 7.6 MB 24 seconds ( Note : large file if you are on dialup)
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during 10:16 UT minutes.
Meteor 2 : March 31, 2008 0836 UT
Observer's Comments: This sub-fireball sized meteor was not captured on the Sentinel system but was captured
on the secondary system with sound. Look center left. It is just a quick blip.
Movie :
Movie 2, Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with sound:
This particular fireball produced only minimal radio reflection.
FB20080331_0836ut_Ashcraft.mp4 3 MB 27 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during the 08:36 UT minute.
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