Breaking News- New Mexico Fireball Meteor 19JAN2015

Breaking News- New Mexico Fireball Meteor 0718:34 UT 19JAN2015
Updates Pending! Video pending.

Image Credit- Thomas Ashcraft

Fireball over New Mexico with Forward Scatter Radio Emissions
Thomas Ashcraft.
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Captured last night with one of my all sky cameras. The time on the video is accurate to within a few milliseconds. Location is Albuquerque, NM. East is at top of video. North is on right of video.
Joseph Harker   Thank you Joseph for sharing!

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
A good sized fireball just occurred over New Mexico, January 19 2015
0718:34 UT. Maybe -12 mag or so.
Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
Lamy, New Mexico
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19JAN2015 Roy Troxel Taos, New Mexico, USA Around 12:205 am, MST 5 - 10 seconds Began near zenith be tween Leo and Gemini. Appread to drop vertically toward the southern horizon. Broke up to the left (east) of Canis Major. Green, and possibly yellow. No sound. Same as moon. Two small parts flaked off, before the meteor disappeard. No other comments

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Possible alpha Capricornid Fireball August 12, 2013 with radio reflections - Ashcraft 
from Thomas Ashcraft on Vimeo.
Possible alpha Capricornid, captured on August 12, 2013, 0814.18 UTC, over north central New Mexico.
Forward scatter radio reflections : Channel A: 83.250 MHz Channel B : 61.250 MHz
Thomas Ashcraft :

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Pecos, New Mexico Meteor 27MAY2011 - Update Video Captured!

Pecos, New Mexico Meteor just before 10:00 pm MST 27MAY2011
  Huge fireball seen tonight over Pecos, NM just before 10 pm MST, traveling SW to W.  Incredible! 
 (follow-up comments):
  Started WNW and moved in a northerly direction for about 10 seconds, with a
size between Venus and the moon from my perspective.  No sounds and just
bright light with a flaming tail.  Maybe some space junk coming back to
earth?-Lee C. (email)

Update!!!

New Mexico Meteor Captured along with Audio!

Video and Meteor Sound Recording by Thomas Ashcraft -(c) 2011

I would be almost certain that the meteor reported to you from Pecos, 
New Mexico was this particular meteor. This happened at 2155 MDT ( 9:55 
pm). It was not "large" but must have been a delight to see due to its 
long path.  -  Thomas Ashcraft, Heliotown, NM Sentinel Allsky
Video of this event with audio:
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20110528_0355ut_Ashcraft.mp4


Thank you Thomas for your dedication and efforts towards meteor studies! - Tokyo


Photos? Videos?
Please help out with information. We need the Date and Time of these events, please let me know your Location (town,city), Start and Stop location in sky, Direction of movement, Brightness (venus, moon, Sun), color, sounds? Thank you!
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Dec 25, 2010 evening fireball - New Mexico

reported by Thomas Ashcraft  |  New Mexico

Nice meteor over eastern New Mexico Dec 25 at 2218 MST evening. (Dec 26, 2010, 0518 UTC).

Interestingly, the slower and sometimes larger the fireball, the less radio scatter reflection it creates. This one made just a subtle "twinkle."
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20101226_0518ut_Ashcraft.mp4

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December 23, 2010
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A rough description of the available information is at http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/helpme.html

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Nov 23, 2010 - Possible Andromedid fireball ?
Thomas Ashcraft- Nov 23, 2010
I captured a fireball last evening and am wondering if it might be an Andromedid? I made a movie and inserted a sky map with constellations. Perhaps this meteor may be too fast to be an AND ?
2 MB .mp4 video with sound:
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20101123_042547ut_and_Ashcraft.mp4

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Meteor lights up New Mexico night sky

posted on YouTube by KRQE | 2010年09月22日1View

New Mexicans looking skyward at about 9:03 p.m. Tuesday witnessed a brighter-than-average meteor streaking across the sky.

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Major Asteroid Debris Passes? or Hits?
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"EVENT 3"- 23 Seconds!!! Multple Bolide Event 9:03MDT 21SEP2010
(03:03 UTC 22SEP2010) Event 3 of 4 reported
written and reported by Jim Gamble (El Paso) and Dirk Ross (Tokyo)
All RightsReserved LunarMeteorite*Hunters 12:03p 22 SEP2010 Tokyo
Contact for publication: drtanuki@gmail.com

Allsky cameras throughout New Mexico captured a major bolide(s)/meteor fireball（ｓ） at approximately 9:03 pm MDT (03:03 UTC). The fireball was traveling SSE to NNW, one of which flew directly over Albuquerque, NM producing sonic booms as reported by Thomas Ashcraft of the Ashcraft All Sky Meteor Observatory in Santa Fe, NM.
The "Event 3" was visually observed from El Paso All Sky Camera in El Paso, Texas by Jim Gamble. Initial estimates place the magnitude of the event at a -11 (nearly as bright as the full moon).
"Event 3", captured by the Ashcraft Observatory had a duration of 23 seconds with no terminal detonation detected, even though sonic booms were reported.
Additional data/video from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. and New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. will be released later when available.
Reports on Events 1, 2, and 4 are posted, please see Jim Gamble`s Website @ http://www.elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/

Asteroid Debris Bolide Event #3 Video

Video Credit: Thomas Ashcraft (c) 2010 ALL Rights Reserved
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Please IF you leave a comment as a witness to the event(s) include time, location and your name and contact information (email address) I will edit-out personal information prior to posting. drtanuki@gmail.com

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Fireball in Gallup-Flagstaff vicinity

On October 8, 2009, another notable meteor occurred in the Flagstaff,
Arizona - Gallup, New Mexico vicinity 2247 MDT. This meteor was heading
westerly and was witnessed by many people.

Chris Peterson's Montrose camera captured it and a video can be accessed
at :
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=28691

My observatory captured it as well but I don't have time to process it
completely so am just supplying the raw pic and .mov at:

http://www.heliotown.com/v20091008_2246Ashcraft.jpg

http://www.heliotown.com/v20091008_2246Ashcraft.mov

( 2.5 MB .mov file)

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico

Meteor/Meteorite News- Large Fireball over New Mexico 9OCT09

Large fireball over New Mexico

Oct 9, 2009

October 9, 2009

There was a super-sized meteor over New Mexico last night at 0804 UT, (
2:04 am MDT). I have posted my preliminary video and radio observations.
Interestingly, the forward scatter radio reception was only moderate and
of short duration compared to its size and ionization trail. And I was
also observing at VLF/ELF frequencies and there may be some direct
emission evident but it is still being analyzed. I posted three movies
in .mp4 format at the link below.

http://www.heliotown.com/Fireball_20091009_Ashcraft.html

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

New Mexico Meteor/Meteorite News- positive VLF/ELF radio emission from a terminal burster fireball 18AUG09

Another positive VLF/ELF radio emission from a fireball- Ashcraft

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:24 AM

Another positive VLF/ELF radio emission from a terminal burster fireball.

http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090817_102655utAshcraft.mp4

Of possible interest to radio meteor observers:

Another positive VLF/ELF meteor radio emission.


I made a version 2 of this particular specimen with a zoom-in and loop
on the terminal burst of the meteor. I realize that it is difficult to
fully get a sense of these emissions.

http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090817_102655utAshcraft.mp4

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico

Significant Fireball Near Gallup, New Mexico 26APR09

Gallup Fireball Photo by Thomas Ashcraft (c) 2009

Significant Fireball : April 26, 2009 0604 UT(4 minutes after midnight MDT)
by Thomas Ashcraft

There was a significant fireball last night in the vicinity of Gallup, New Mexico, possibly into eastern Arizona.

It was at the edge of my all-sky camera field of view but made a terminal flash possibly full Moon magnitude or brighter.

I hope to hear further reports. I posted some movies with two types of radio reception at the time of the meteor. One is 61.250 MHz forward scatter which produced a good radio reflection. The other movie is ELF/VLF reception. It is *not *conclusive but there is an interesting enhancement of noise at a mid-flare point of the meteor ( 3 seconds into the movie).

There does not appear to be any noise enhancement at the final large terminal burst however. Hence, this specimen fireball becomes another possible ELF/VLF reception but due to dense coincident sferics it is not absolutely provable.

I am still waiting for a big one directly overhead.
http://www.heliotown.com/Fireball_April_26_2009_Ash.html

Source: Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
http://www.heliotown.com/
New Mexico

Mar28/29 Fireballs over New Mexico 5APR09

March 28/29 Fireballs over New Mexico
In checking the AMS fireball log:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log2009.html

Here are movies of your event #211 over New Mexico:
http://www.heliotown.com/Fireballs_March_29_2009.html
( Note, my observatory timing is UT so this event is reported March 28
in the AMS log)

And, here is a movie of an unreported more significant fireball that
happened over west central New Mexico, March 28, 2009 at 0919UT ( 3:19 am MDT).
http://www.heliotown.com/v20090328_091924UT_Ashcraft.mov

Source:
Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
35.50 N 105.89 W
New Mexico