Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - June 2003
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Another record again! 23 observing nights obtained by a single central European
observer in one month have been achieved only once before (in August 2000). In
the last few years, we have never obtained more than 14 nights per observer
in June, but in 2003 two of us got more than 20 nights (MOLSI and STRJO), and
a third one (RENJU) could observe in 17 nights.
The weather was indeed unusually pleasant. In the Bavarian village of Seysdorf,
for example, there was essentially Sunshine all the time! Only when the days
were too hot, we had a few thunderstorms in the evenings and nights which
blocked the view to the stars. We experienced some temperature records
with well above 30 deg centigrade, whereas the weather was quite poor at the
other side of the globe: In Australia, Steve Quirk had only 12 clear nights.
Fortunately, the meteor detection rate was unusually high for his
non-intensified camera, so that he managed to provide about half of all
meteor records.
In the nothern hemipshere, night time was at its lowest in June and skies
became not really dark at many sites. The hourly rate remained low as before:
There were only a few Sporadics, and neither the Sagittarids nor the June
Bootids showed significant activity. However, the first few nights of July
have demonstrated that the dry period is over and that meteor numbers are
increasing again. In addition, the nights are getting noticably longer by
the end of July, which will also have a positive impact on the overall meteor
number. If the weather remains as good as in the previous months, everything
should be perfect...
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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KOSDE Koschny Noordwijkerh. ICC3 (0.85/25) 25 dg 6 mag 12 44.5 h 92
MOLSI Molau Seysdorf AVIS (2.0/35) 40 dg 5 mag 19 83.4 h 323
MINCAM1 (1.4/12) 35 dg 4 mag 18 70.9 h 98
NITMI Nitschke Dresden VK1 (0.75/50) 20 dg 8 mag 2 10.0 h 17
QUIST Quirk Mudgee SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg 5 mag 13 123.1 h 627
RENJU Rendtel Marquardt AKM2 (0.85/25) 32 dg 6 mag 17 47.3 h 104
STRJO Strunk Leopondshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 21 66.4 h 104
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Sum 29 445.6 h 1365
2. Observing Times (h)
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June 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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KOSDE - - - - - - 2.7 3.4 3.8 - 4.3 - 4.0 4.0 3.9
MOLSI 3.8 5.2 5.3 4.3 - 2.7 4.2 - 5.2 4.6 5.1 - 4.0 - 2.9
- - - - - - 4.4 - 5.9 5.0 4.8 - 3.9 0.7 3.7
NITMI 5.0 - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - 10.1 7.6 - 10.5 11.0 11.0 11.3 10.9 - - - 10.8 - -
RENJU 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.1 - 3.7 - - 3.7 - 3.5 - 2.0 0.5 -
STRJO 4.3 - - 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 - 4.1 1.5 3.8 1.0 3.7 - -
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Sum 16.6 18.9 21.4 11.5 14.5 21.4 26.2 14.7 33.6 11.1 21.5 1.0 28.4 5.2 10.5
June 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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KOSDE 4.0 - - - 3.7 2.0 - - - - 4.4 - 4.3 - -
MOLSI 4.2 - - - 4.5 4.5 3.8 - 5.0 - 4.3 - 4.8 5.0 -
5.8 - - 2.2 1.8 1.6 5.2 - 5.6 4.2 4.8 - 5.0 5.6 0.7
NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - 8.5 - 10.8 - - - - - - 10.2 - - 10.4 -
RENJU - 1.0 - - 1.4 - - 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 - 1.0 -
STRJO 2.5 - - - 2.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 1.3 - 1.0 2.3
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Sum 16.5 9.5 - 13.0 13.8 11.7 12.7 7.2 17.8 11.2 30.8 4.8 14.1 23.0 3.0
3. Results (Meteors)
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June 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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KOSDE - - - - - - 11 6 5 - 14 - 7 15 5
MOLSI 19 22 22 21 - 14 7 - 19 16 13 - 5 - 8
- - - - - - 4 - 8 5 2 - 3 1 6
NITMI 14 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - 3 29 - 56 45 59 68 37 34 - - 81 - -
RENJU 5 7 3 3 - 7 - - 9 - 12 - 3 1 -
STRJO 4 - - 5 3 3 4 - 5 1 5 2 7 - -
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Sum 42 32 57 29 59 69 85 74 83 56 46 2 106 17 19
June 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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KOSDE 6 - - - 7 2 - - - - 9 - 5 - -
MOLSI 15 - - - 25 28 21 - 23 - 10 - 10 25 -
6 - - 2 7 3 12 - 11 11 5 - 4 6 2
NITMI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - 61 - 74 - - - - - - 50 - - 30 -
RENJU - 2 - - 1 - - 12 11 9 7 10 - 2 -
STRJO 6 - - - 6 10 6 7 6 9 8 4 - 1 2
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Sum 33 63 - 76 46 43 39 19 51 29 89 14 19 64 4
Sirko Molau, 2003/07/11