Fireball 1 : May 4, 2008 0937 UT
Observer's Comments: A big one! This fireball has the characteristics of a possible meteorite producer.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sandia Labs Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080504_093736ut_Ashcraft.mov 970 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
This fireball made no evident radio signal which is actually a quality of a type of meteor that may possibly make landfall.
Here is the movie and all sound blips are generated by small particles in the space dust background.
FB20080504_0937ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.6 MB 15 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs in middle of 0937 UT minute. Minimal signature. NOTE : Coincidentally, the large fireball during the 0939 UT
minute at the end of the chart is Fireball 2 below on page. All dots on graphs are space dust particles.
Fireball 2 : May 4, 2008 0939 UT
Observer's Comments: Nice one! This is possibly a sporadic and not an Eta Aquariid shower member. Still to be analyzed.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080504_093913ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
This movie contains the full sonic stereo radio reflection.
FB20080504_0939ut_Ashcraft.mp4 6.2 MB 59 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during the 0939 UT minute.
Fireball 3 : May 4, 2008 0948 UT
Observer's Comments: Possible Eta Aquariid meteor. Still to be analyzed.
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera capture, without sound:
v20080504_094821ut_Ashcraft.mov 770 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Good sonic definition in stereo.
FB20080504_0948ut_Ashcraft.mp4 3.6 MB 33 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor occurs during the 09:48 minute.
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