Fireball 1 : May 20, 2008 0607 UT
Observer's Comments: Full moon this night. Two fine specimens.
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080520_060752ut_Ashcraft.mov 940 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Strong sonic forward scatter reflection.
FB20080520_0607ut_Ashcraft.mp4 1.9 MB 17 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 at the end of the 06:07 UT minute.
Fireball 2 : May 20, 2008 0946 UT
Movies :
Movie 1 : Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080520_094625ut_Ashcraft.mov 940 KB 6 seconds
Movie 2 : Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Note: Bright flashes at 23 seconds into the recording are car lights hitting the camera dome and are not meteor related.
FB20080520_0946ut_Ashcraft.mp4 3.8 MB 27 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 at the end of the 09:46 UT minute.
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