Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - July 2003
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I'm running out of superlatives! In June I reported that one central European
observer alone managed to obtain 23 observing nights, and already in July I
broke this record with 24 observing nights. Since I was two days away, it
could have been even 25 or 26 nights. Even our Australian observer obtained
such a result only once before.
Weather in Germany was indeed Australian-like: For weeks we enjoyed high season
Summer weather, temperatures beyond 30 deg centigrade and clear skies.
It was a joy for all those on vacation, but all others were happy if they
could spend the time in some air-conditioned room.
Because of the holidays, a number of observers took a break for a couple of
days. In addition, some observations have not been reported yet, so that
the statistics of July with more than 550 hours of effective observing time
and more than 2700 meteors may still improve.
Operating two video cameras seems to become trendy :-). Joerg Strunk has
started to operate two Mintron camera in July, after I had begun regular
observations with a second camera the month before. Interestingly, Joerg
recorded more meteors with the 8mm Computar lens than with the 6mm lens
which was introduced recently (both f/0.8). A more detailled analysis of
this effect is still to be done.
On Teneriffe, Orlando Benitez-Sanchez resumed video meteor observation by the
end of July, whereas in Finland the Summer break is not yet over.
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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BENOR Benitez-S. Maspalomas TIMES4 (1.4/50) 20 dg 4 mag 6 38.1 h 286
EVAST Evans Moreton EMILY (1.8/28) 36 dg 5 mag 2 9.0 h 53
KOSDE Koschny Noordwijkerh. ICC3 (0.85/25) 25 dg 6 mag 5 21.0 h 70
MOLSI Molau Seysdorf AVIS (2.0/35) 40 dg 6 mag 18 74.4 h 395
MINCAM1 (1.4/12) 35 dg 4 mag 24 95.3 h 316
AKM1 (0.85/25) 32 dg 6 mag 1 4.4 h 49
QUIST Quirk Mudgee SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg 5 mag 15 156.3 h 1072
RENJU Rendtel Marquardt CARMEN (1.8/28) 28 dg 5 mag 14 48.2 h 160
STORO Stork Ondrejov OND1 (1.4/50) 22 dg 8 mag 1 3.9 h 33
STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 21 66.5 h 156
MINCAM3 (0.8/8) 42 dg 4 mag 8 36.0 h 114
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Sum 30 553.1 h 2704
2. Observing Times (h)
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July 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
KOSDE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.1
MOLSI - 2.6 5.1 - - 5.1 2.9 5.4 - 5.4 4.0 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.7
- 3.7 5.3 - 2.7 5.7 3.1 5.8 2.5 6.0 4.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - - - - 11.3 - 8.1 - 11.3 - - 11.8 12.1 11.1 11.4
RENJU - 3.2 - - - - 2.4 - - 3.0 - 3.4 - 4.3 4.3
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STRJO 1.4 - 3.7 - - - - - 4.0 4.1 1.6 3.0 4.2 3.3 4.4
- - - - - - - - - - - 4.2 3.8 3.5 4.8
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Sum 1.4 9.5 14.1 - 14.0 10.8 16.5 11.2 17.8 18.5 10.2 33.7 31.8 33.7 40.6
July 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - - - - - - - - - - 6.1 5.8 6.7 6.8 5.5 7.2
EVAST - - - - - - - - - 4.5 - 4.5 - - - -
KOSDE - - 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.2 - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI - 2.3 5.5 5.6 1.8 - - - - - - - - 1.3 3.2 1.7
- 2.2 5.7 6.0 1.1 1.3 0.6 3.1 - - - - 2.1 6.2 1.8 2.2
- - - - - - - 4.4 - - - - - - - -
QUIST 11.0 - 10.1 12.0 10.2 - - - - - - - 11.5 6.3 6.4 11.7
RENJU 1.2 - 3.3 4.6 - - - - - - - 1.9 3.6 3.5 5.3 4.2
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.9 - -
STRJO - 3.0 4.6 4.6 2.0 - 5.2 - 0.5 0.5 0.5 - 5.3 4.4 3.9 2.3
- - 4.9 5.0 - - 4.8 - - - - - - 5.0 - -
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Sum 12.2 7.5 38.1 42.1 19.5 5.5 10.6 7.5 0.5 5.0 6.6 12.2 29.2 37.4 26.1 29.3
3. Results (Meteors)
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July 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
KOSDE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21
MOLSI - 18 30 - - 42 13 28 - 40 13 12 25 23 19
- 9 19 - 6 27 5 14 5 19 8 6 15 24 27
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
QUIST - - - - 74 - 63 - 45 - - 80 68 70 82
RENJU - 10 - - - - 4 - - 14 - 17 - 12 14
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STRJO 1 6 - - - - - - 14 6 2 4 9 11 15
- - - - - - - - - - - 14 13 13 20
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Sum 1 43 49 - 80 69 85 42 64 79 23 133 130 153 198
July 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - - - - - - - - - - 33 47 62 59 40 45
EVAST - - - - - - - - - 20 - 33 - - - -
KOSDE - - 9 13 19 8 - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI - 8 36 48 7 - - - - - - - - 7 20 6
- 4 21 26 4 7 2 14 - - - - 8 29 11 6
- - - - - - - 49 - - - - - - - -
QUIST 82 - 66 7 19 - - - - - - - 143 60 100 113
RENJU 4 - 8 27 - - - - - - - 3 10 5 21 11
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 - -
STRJO - 5 12 14 3 - 8 - 1 1 1 - 18 9 7 9
- - 13 19 - - 10 - - - - - - 12 - -
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Sum 86 17 165 154 52 15 20 63 1 21 34 83 241 214 199 190
Sirko Molau, 2003/08/20