(meteorobs) September 3, 2012 Fireball over South-Central USA

[Jay Salsburg]

I heard, but did not record a long and loud report of a meteor from my Space
RADAR Receiver last night near 9:00 PM CDT. 

In a related matter, I am spending large amounts of my free time and
resources researching how to completely automate Forward Scatter RADAR
Meteor detection using low cost technology. It is a significant challenge. 

Software is a sticking point. It must be reliable and carefree, which, so
far, all candidates are neither.

So far...
A design for a practical Antenna with a one day build time costing less than
$100 useful at a range exceeding 350 miles from the 3 NAVSPASUR Sites. 
A possible candidate Tuner costing $20.
A $40 Antenna Amplifier.
Cable and fastening hardware, approx. $100

There are over 50 million people living within Meteor-detection-range of the
3 NAVSPASUR transmitters.

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Robert Lunsford
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 12:05 PM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Subject: (meteorobs) September 3, 2012 Fireball over South-Central USA

The American Meteor Society has received 36 reports of a bright meteor that
occurred near 21:00 (9:00pm  CDT) on Sunday September 3, 2012. A majority of
the reports have been received from Texas, but observers located in
Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois have also reported seeing
this object. Brightness estimates of this fireball vary considerably, but
the average lies near magnitude-10, which is slightly inferior to the light
produced by the full moon.. Every color of the rainbow has been reported
with green being the most predominant. Individual reports may be viewed in
the 2012 AMS Fireball Table at:

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2012-01-01&end_dat
e=2012-12-31

Refer to event #1252 for 2012.

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society
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