Fireball 1 : May 3, 2008 0258 UT
Observer's Comments: Only two visible meteor captures last night. Clearer night, less forest fire smoke.
Second fireball capture below might be an early Eta Aquariid shower member.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080503_025839ut_Ashcraft.mov 788 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's videos and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Deep tones, stereo dopplering head echo. Short reflection relative to the size of this fireball. An interesting capture.
FB20080503_0258ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.1 MB 10 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs in middle of 0258 UT minute. Minimal signature.
Fireball 2 : May 3, 2008 1016 UT
Observer's Comments: Possible Eta Aquariid meteor. Still to be analyzed.
In the image above the small bright dot above the meteor streak is Jupiter,
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
v20080503_101651ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's videos and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
This movie is the first 10 seconds of the head echo only.
FB20080503_1016utHE_Ashcraft.mp4 1 MB 10 seconds
Movie 3: This movie has the entire sonic reflection.
Long ringing tone reflected off ionized meteor trail. NOTE : Large video file.
FB20080503_1017ut_Ashcraft.mp4 8.5 MB 1 minute 25 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs at the end of 10:16 minute and goes into 10:18 UT minute.
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