Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - October 2000 ====================================================== October is a pleasure for every video observer: The nights are getting longer and longer, a golden fall present stabile weather systems with many clear nights every now and then, and meteor activity is increasing significantly again. Not only sporadic meteors are numerous, also the Taurids are active all month long. In addition there are the Orionids producing enhanced rates for a longer period. During their maximum they may even present more than a hundred meteor records for one observer in a single night. Weather in October 2000 wasn't as perfect as in the previous month or year, however. Especially in the first half there were longer spells of poor weather with cloud gaps if at all only in the north-eastern part of Germany. Just in time for the Orionid maximum the situation improved significantly. Thus, we could finally increase our monthly totals considerably. Of less fortune was Ilkka Yrjola, who had only three clear nights after an unusual good September in Finland. The camera of Joerg Strunk was also only active at the end of the month after a reconstruction of the system resulted in improved image quality. 1. Observers ============ Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI Molau Aachen AVIS (2.0/35) 40 dg 5 mag 13 74.3 h 607 NITMI Nitschke Dresden VK1 (0.75/50) 20 dg 8 mag 4 19.2 h 124 RENJU Rendtel Marquardt CARMEN (1.8/28) 28 dg 5 mag 17 96.8 h 503 STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe FAMOS (2.0/28) 45 dg 5 mag 1 2.8 h 2 YRJIL Yrjola Kuusankosi NONAME (2.0/35) 35 dg 6 mag 3 24.2 h 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall 20 217.3 h 1321 2. Observing Times (h) ====================== Oct 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - 2.2 9.3 - - - - - - - - - 8.2 1.1 - NITMI - 4.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - 10.0 3.0 2.7 - - - - 2.7 3.4 - - - 1.0 2.3 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YRJIL 8.0 - - - - - - - 6.0 - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum 8.0 16.2 12.3 2.7 - - - - 8.7 3.4 - - 8.2 2.1 2.3 Oct 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - 7.3 - 9.2 3.9 11.0 6.1 - - - 0.6 - 5.5 5.4 - 4.5 NITMI 5.0 - - - - - 5.1 5.1 - - - - - - - - RENJU 8.8 - - 1.2 11.2 10.7 11.2 8.4 - - 1.8 - 6.3 6.7 - 5.4 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.8 - - YRJIL - 10.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum 13.8 17.5 - 10.4 16.1 21.7 22.4 13.5 - - 2.4 - 11.8 13.9 - 9.9 3. Results (Meteors) ==================== Oct 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - 11 25 - - - - - - - - - 48 2 - NITMI - 44 - - - - - - - - - - - - - RENJU - 45 8 4 - - - - 17 31 - - - 2 20 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YRJIL 33 - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum 33 100 33 4 - - - - 41 31 - - 48 4 20 Oct 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOLSI - 32 - 67 48 138 93 - - - 5 - 23 24 - 91 NITMI 18 - - - - - 30 32 - - - - - - - - RENJU 20 - - 7 75 69 89 32 - - 4 - 24 14 - 42 STRJO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - YRJIL - 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum 38 60 - 74 123 207 212 64 - - 9 - 47 40 - 133 Sirko Molau, 2000/11/09