Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - January 2005
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January pleased the observers with an outstanding number of observing nights.
In the first half of the month, weather was governed by a stable high pressure
system, which was contrary to the previous month not connected to fog and low
stratus. It presented a lot of sunshine as well as clear and frosty nights to
the observers. For example, more than 100 hours of effective observing time
could be collected on January 15/16 alone. In the second half of the month the
weather became more unsteady and brought the long-awaited snow to most places -
even in southern Europe, were snow is a rarity. The observing conditions
deterriorated, whereby the south still had better conditions than the north.
In the end, a number of observers managed to obtain more than 15 observing
nights. With almost a thousand observing hours, January ranked third after
August/September 2003 in the overall network statistics.
Thanks to the good weather, the number of recorded meteors also increased
slightly compared to the previous month. In this respect, it was by far the
most successful January of the network. However, we will have to reduce
our expectations for the months to come. Statistics of the last few years
show, that the number of meteors remains constantly low between January
and June. Improving weather conditions in spring time usually compensate for
shorter nights at a constantly low meteor activity level.
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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BENOR Benitez-S. Las Palmas TIMES5 (0.8/6) 50 dg 3 mag 16 138.7 h 54
EVAST Evans Moreton RF1 (1.2/12) 20 dg 4 mag 9 86.1 h 244
KACJA Kac Kostanjevec METKA (0.8/8) 42 dg 2 mag 18 168.3 h 221
MOLSI Molau Seysdorf AVIS2 (1.4/50) 60 dg 6 mag 13 101.3 h 1366
MINCAM1 (0.8/6) 50 dg 3 mag 18 158.7 h 222
SLAST Slavec Ljubljana KAYAK1 (1.8/28) 50 dg 4 mag 17 125.1 h 259
STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/8) 42 dg 4 mag 16 55.9 h 151
MINCAM3 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 10 51.0 h 119
UEBST Ueberschaer Aachen MIMO (0.8/6) 50 dg 3 mag 3 30.8 h 32
YRJIL Yrjola Kuusankoski FINEXCAM (0.8/6) 50 dg 3 mag 7 40.6 h 90
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Sum 30 957.1 h 2758
2. Observing Times (h)
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Jan 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR 11.1 - - 12.4 - - 3.3 10.1 11.6 11.8 9.8 0.5 - 12.0 11.9
EVAST 10.5 11.5 - 11.0 - - - 10.7 - 9.5 - 10.1 - - -
KACJA 11.9 - 6.0 - 6.1 6.1 10.1 12.6 11.7 6.1 6.1 6.1 - 8.6 12.2
MOLSI - - - - - 11.1 7.5 1.7 11.3 8.4 6.8 - 4.7 12.2 12.5
- 6.3 - 13.9 0.9 13.8 11.8 - 10.8 13.7 10.7 - 7.7 12.6 13.6
SLAST 7.7 - - 7.5 9.8 12.2 10.4 1.0 7.6 - 2.6 - - 8.0 8.5
STRJO 2.1 0.8 - - - 1.3 3.0 11.5 - 0.5 1.4 8.0 4.7 1.8 9.2
- - - - - 1.9 1.1 10.4 - 3.0 - 3.0 4.2 6.0 13.2
UEBST - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13.8 14.0
YRJIL - - - - 0.6 - 6.7 - - - 13.2 1.8 - 9.2 7.0
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Sum 43.3 18.6 6.0 44.8 17.4 46.4 53.9 58.0 53.0 53.0 50.6 29.5 21.3 84.2102.1
Jan 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - - - - - 3.5 8.2 11.9 10.5 3.1 - - - - 7.0 -
EVAST 3.0 - 9.7 - - - - 10.1 - - - - - - - -
KACJA 12.2 - - - - 11.5 12.4 12.0 - - - - - 7.6 9.0 -
MOLSI 12.3 10.4 - 0.5 - - - - - - - - 1.9 - - -
13.5 13.5 - 1.3 - 0.9 4.6 - - 1.0 - - 8.1 - - -
SLAST 11.9 11.3 - - 2.1 7.4 5.0 4.0 - - - - - - 8.7 -
STRJO 5.5 - 0.5 - - - 3.6 - - 1.0 1.0 - - - - -
7.0 - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
UEBST 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
YRJIL - - - - - - - - - - - 2.1 - - - -
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Sum 68.4 35.2 11.4 1.8 2.1 23.3 33.8 38.0 10.5 5.1 1.0 2.1 10.0 7.6 24.7 -
3. Results (Meteors)
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Jan 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR 5 - - 3 - - 1 9 5 3 5 1 - 3 2
EVAST 35 50 - 41 - - - 26 - 17 - 33 - - -
KACJA 21 - 3 - 5 6 18 13 18 9 9 10 - 11 13
MOLSI - - - - - 200 92 6 148 168 74 - 75 109 165
- 10 - 21 1 23 24 - 18 26 15 - 5 13 17
SLAST 14 - - 36 14 14 29 1 11 - 3 - - 17 16
STRJO 6 3 - - - 5 10 29 - 1 2 15 14 4 31
- - - - - 3 1 17 - 3 - 6 21 14 42
UEBST - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 17
YRJIL - - - - 1 - 17 - - - 32 4 - 22 11
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Sum 81 63 3 101 21 251 192 101 200 227 140 69 115 206 314
Jan 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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BENOR - - - - - 3 2 5 2 2 - - - - 3 -
EVAST 2 - 32 - - - - 8 - - - - - - - -
KACJA 6 - - - - 23 15 18 - - - - - 14 9 -
MOLSI 180 140 - 3 - - - - - - - - 6 - - -
15 12 - 1 - 4 14 - - 1 - - 2 - - -
SLAST 24 23 - - 4 23 8 4 - - - - - - 18 -
STRJO 14 - 2 - - - 9 - - 4 2 - - - - -
9 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
UEBST 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
YRJIL - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - -
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Sum 252 175 37 4 4 53 48 35 2 7 2 3 8 14 30 -
Sirko Molau, 2005/02/15