Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - August 2002
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I don't need to spend many words on the weather escapades of this summer.
For decades there don't have been as many storms, thunderstroms,
cloudburst and floodings in Germany as in 2002. The situation has
not been much better in the neighbour countries either.
From the astronomical point of view August started quite promising with
a number of clear nights, but just during the Perseid maximum Germany was
almost completely clouded out. Thus, from the two most interesting nights there
are only observations from the Canaries and Australia available. Thereafter
it became obvious again how strong the weather may differ within our country:
Whereas in Aachen there was for about two weeks pure November weather
(mist-like clouds and continuous rain), the situation was already clearly
better at some 50 km distance. In the north-east, there was even a stable
weather system allowing observations almost every night (unless the observers
were on holiday). Even though the transparency was not always perfect,
Juergen Rendtel managed to obtain a nice observing series at that time.
Joerg Strunk restarted the regular night sky monitoring with his Mintron
camera that was introduced last month. Currently he is constructing a
fully automated camera station. My own Mintron camera was only operated
for test purposes during the Perseids, though.
There were also a number of active observers outside Germany in the Perseid
month, so that we received the data from an overall of 14 cameras.
Clear skies in one night shortly before the Perseid maximum were used
for double-station observation in Ondrejov and Kunzak. For Ilkka Yrjola in
Finland the long summer break was also over. He, too, resumed regular
observations with his old camera and a new image intensifier. Stephen Evans
managed to move for a second time within a few weeks - at least he now
lives at an astronomically much more favourite site.
In the south, Orlando Benitez-Sanchez missed almost no night in the first
part of the month, but thereafter he unfortunately reported no further
observation. Last but not least, Steve Quirk of Australia obtained an
amazingly poor August total of 18 observing nights only... :-))
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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BENOR Benitz-S. Maspalomas TIMES4 (1.4/50) 20 dg 4 mag 17 124.1 h 372
EVAST Evans Moreton EMILY (1.8/28) 36 dg 5 mag 3 7.5 h 51
KOSDE Koschny Noordwijkerh. ICC4 (0.85/25) 26 dg 6 mag 3 13.2 h 39
MOLSI Molau Aachen AVIS (2.0/35) 40 dg 5 mag 13 45.2 h 384
MINCAM1 (0.4/12) 27 dg 3 mag 4 12.2 h 39
NITMI Nitschke Dresden VK1 (0.75/50) 20 dg 8 mag 8 31.5 h 106
QUIST Quirk Mudgee SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg 5 mag 18 184.0 h 550
RENJU Rendtel Marquardt CARMEN (1.8/28) 32 dg 5 mag 5 22.6 h 105
AKM2 (0.95/25) 32 dg 6 mag 12 79.7 h 403
SPEUL Sperberg Salzwedel AKM1 (0.85/25) 32 dg 6 mag 9 39.1 h 280
STORO Stork Ondrejov OND2 (2.8/16) 70 dg 5 mag 1 4.8 h 54
Kunzak KUN1 (1.4/50) 22 dg 8 mag 1 4.9 h 46
STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 9 46.9 h 189
YRJIL Yrjola Kuusankoski NONAME (2.0/35) 35 dg 6 mag 4 12.0 h 32
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Sum 30 627.7 h 2650
2. Observing Times (h)
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August 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR 6.6 6.8 7.6 - 7.3 6.8 7.1 6.4 6.1 7.9 8.0 - 8.0 6.7 7.8
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 - 2.8
KOSDE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI - 5.1 4.8 - 3.6 - - 5.2 - 2.8 - - 1.1 3.9 5.6
- - - - - - - - - 1.2 - - 2.7 3.5 4.8
NITMI - 4.0 2.8 - 3.2 - - 3.1 3.8 - - - - - -
QUIST 5.5 6.5 - 10.2 12.0 11.9 - 12.2 11.7 11.0 12.0 10.8 7.7 6.0 11.7
RENJU - 5.6 2.3 - - 5.0 - - - 3.4 - - - 6.3 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.9
SPEUL - 4.6 - - - - - - 4.0 - - - 0.3 5.2 -
STORO - - - - - - - - - 4.8 - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - 4.9 - - - - -
STRJO - - - 3.8 - 3.9 - - - - - - 6.5 5.9 6.8
YRJIL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Sum 12.1 32.6 17.5 14.0 26.1 27.6 7.1 26.9 25.6 36.0 20.0 10.8 28.7 37.5 45.4
August 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - 7.3 - 8.0 7.9 7.8 - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.3
KOSDE - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 3.5 4.7 -
MOLSI - 1.9 0.8 3.7 - - - - 1.5 - - - - - 5.2 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NITMI - - - 5.0 5.0 - - - - - 4.6 - - - - -
QUIST 11.7 - - 10.7 10.8 - - - 10.6 - - 11.0 - - - -
RENJU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - 6.7 6.8 6.5 - 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.6 7.0 6.0 - - 7.0 7.5
SPEUL - - 4.9 5.8 6.0 - - - - 3.0 - - - - - 5.3
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STRJO 7.1 - 5.4 - - - - 4.5 - - - - - - - 3.0
YRJIL - - 1.9 3.6 - - - - - - - 3.2 - 3.3 - -
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Sum 18.8 14.2 19.7 43.6 36.2 7.8 6.4 11.2 18.7 9.6 11.6 20.2 - 6.8 16.9 18.1
3. Results (Meteors)
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August 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR 26 30 25 - 32 26 27 9 18 33 37 - 11 22 16
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 - 19
KOSDE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI - 45 20 - 23 - - 40 - 30 - - 20 70 76
- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 16 21
NITMI - 16 9 - 14 - - 15 16 - - - - - -
QUIST 17 7 - 42 3 59 - 40 32 61 17 32 21 26 38
RENJU - 28 8 - - 15 - - - 11 - - - 43 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77
SPEUL - 46 - - - - - - 23 - - - 3 70 -
STORO - - - - - - - - - 54 - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - 46 - - - - -
STRJO - - - 9 - 8 - - - - - - 53 28 31
YRJIL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Sum 43 172 62 51 72 108 27 104 89 236 54 32 137 275 278
August 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - 30 - 10 6 14 - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
KOSDE - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 12 -
MOLSI - 8 2 16 - - - - 11 - - - - - 23 -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NITMI - - - 17 14 - - - - - 5 - - - - -
QUIST 20 - - 39 39 - - - 30 - - 27 - - - -
RENJU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - 56 70 49 - 14 14 8 13 18 17 - - 20 47
SPEUL - - 33 33 39 - - - - 3 - - - - - 30
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STRJO 32 - 11 - - - - 7 - - - - - - - 10
YRJIL - - 1 10 - - - - - - - 10 - 11 - -
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Sum 52 60 103 195 147 14 14 21 49 16 23 54 - 16 55 91
Sirko Molau, 2002/09/15