I should have posted some of the screen caps to show what Argo is capable of showing when using TV stations for meteor detection. These are from a session monitoring CHBX Channel 2 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario broadcasting at 55.24MHz.
Here's one showing a couple of typical events. At left is an epsilon reflection from a meteor, while the slanted line at right is probably an aircraft flying at flight level somewhere near the midpoint of a line between my location in Minnesota and CHBX.
The next image is of an overdense reflection from what I assume was a larger meteor.
Most meteor reflections are faint and very short in time span (less than a second). The overdense and epsilon reflections are less common, and can come in a variety of forms--here's one:
I would like to catch a nice head reflection eventually.
Because Argo shows so many faint meteors, analyzing a series of screen caps will be interesting--and a lot of work. I probably won't do much more with this until the Perseids, which fall conveniently between the Nebraska Star Party and the eclipse.
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