(meteorobs) Radio ELF/VLF/video -Fireball- April 28, 2009, 2026MDT

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Of possible interest to radio meteor observers:



I was lucky enough to capture another relatively large fireball on April 
29, 2009, 0226 UT ( April 28, 2009, at 2026 MDT evening). This meteor 
was heading westerly into setting Sun glow and some clouds but it is 
quite evident in my videos with ELF/VLF soundtrack.

In listening to  the VLF reception at the time of this fireball I can 
discern no meteor related emission that stands out from background 
sferics.  Maybe something will show on a sensitive spectrograph.

Of interest is that there are thunderclouds upper screen left and you 
can hear the click of lightning as the meteor is burning at lower screen 
right.  Meteor appears at 7 seconds into the movie and a stronger 
lightning click is at 9 seconds.


Here are the .mp4 movie links.

Full sky view less resolution  876 KB   : 
http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090429_0226utAshcraft.mp4

Full sky view  higher resolution 3.3 MB :
http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090429_0226utAshcraft6.mp4
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Magnification movie of the fireball   2.4 MB:
http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090429_0226utAshcraftmag.mp4


Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
35.50 N  105.89 W
www.heliotown.com
New Mexico