Fireball 1 : May 11, 2008 0648 UT
Observer's Comments: Clear and calm night. Two visual fireballs the entire night.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sandia Labs Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080511_064810ut_Ashcraft.mov 782 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
Only minimal sonic radio reflection with this fireball.
FB20080511_0648ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1 MB 8 seconds
Below: Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor. 61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 06:48 UT minute. Hard to distinguish from the matrix of space dust particles on the chart.
Fireball 2 : May 11, 2008 0537 UT
Movies :
Movie 1: Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080511_053729ut_Ashcraft.mov 750 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video and forward scatter system with dual channel sound:
No obvious radio reflection.
FB20080511_0537ut_Ashcraft.mp4 981 KB 7 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 during the 05:37 UT minute. All dots are space dust particles.
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