Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - December 1999 ======================================================= Since March 1999, a number of video meteor cameras are regularly operated by members of the German 'Arbeitskreis Meteore'. The systems work fully autonomously with the MetRec meteor detection software. Here are the results for December 1999. Wereas a few observations could be carried out in the first part of the months, the weather was extremely poor in the second half. So the coverage of meteor activity in December is worse than in other months. Also during the Geminind maximum the sky was mainly overcasted almost in Germany, but 'AKM guest observer' Stephen Evans in Suffolk/UK had a little more luck. In the first ten month of automatic video observations an overall of 5 AKM observers recorded 6451 video meteors in 120 nights and 996.4 h effective observing time. A more detailled analysis will follow. 1. Observers ============ Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Time Meteors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVAST Evans L. Thurlow EMILY (1.4/50) 20 deg 6.0 mag 4.5 h 75 MOLSI Molau Aachen AVIS (2.0/35) 40 deg 5.0 mag 23.2 h 225 NITMI Nitschke Dresden VK1 (0.75/50) 20 deg 7.0 mag 3.5 h 32 RENJU Rendtel Marquardt CARMEN (1.8/28) 28 deg 4.5 mag 16.1 h 38 SPEUL Sperberg Salzwedel ADAM (0.75/50) 20 deg 7.0 mag 8.0 h 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall 55.3 h 398 2. Observing Times (h) ====================== December 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - MOLSI - 1 - - - - - - 9 4 - - 0 - - NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 - - RENJU - - - - 7 - - 3 - - - - - - - SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall - 1 - - 7 - - 3 9 4 - 1 13 - - December 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOLSI - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - - 4 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Overall - - 4 - - 10 1 - - - - - - - - - 3. Results (Meteors) ==================== December 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - 75 - - MOLSI - 3 - - - - - - 85 56 - - 14 - - NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - 20 12 - - RENJU - - - - 23 - - 1 - - - - - - - SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall - 3 - - 23 - - 1 85 56 - 20 129 - - December 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOLSI - - - - - 67 - - - - - - - - - - NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - - 13 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Overall - - 13 - - 67 1 - - - - - - - - - Sirko Molau, 2000/01/13