(meteorobs) Good Geminids- plus VLF experiment - New Mexico

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Nice clear 6:05 image. Nearest fat one I had like that was at 1:20 AM.  

YCS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/12/14 10:53
Subject: (meteorobs) Good Geminids- plus VLF experiment - New Mexico


> December 14, 2008
> 
> I am pleased to report that the clouds held back for the most part last 
> night and there were many Geminid meteors and fireballs.
> I posted a preliminary web page with a few of the better fireballs with 
> movies of their forward scatter reflections:
> .
> http://www.heliotown.com/Geminids_2008_Ashcraft.html
> .
> 
> I also conducted an experiment to watch and listen for any direct 
> fireball radio emission at VLF ( very low frequencies) using a McGreevy 
> WR-3e radio and recording into a Sony minidisc recorder.  I listened in 
> two sessions for one hour each period.  Unfortunately, while I was 
> monitoring via VLF there were no large fireballs, just 0 magnitude 
> meteors and smaller. I could discern no distinct emission from the many 
> smaller meteors that I witnessed.  But....... I regret missing the times 
> of the larger fireballs that happened overhead that I was able to video 
> and catch by forward scatter means as posted on the web page above.  I 
> can also report a stiff neck this morning from intense sky gazing at the 
> zenith.
> 
> Clear skies,
> Thomas Ashcraft
> New Mexico
> 
> 
> 
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