Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - March 2006
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One the first glimpse, the statistics of March looks quite smooth. Observations
seem to be "scattered" all over the observers and observing nights, and there
are no "dark" columns, i.e. nights with clear skies at most sites. That
pictures is somewhat misleading, though. Overall, the weather has been quite
confortable such that five of the observers managed to obtain between 18 and 20
observing nights.
One or the other may ask now: Why 20, when there is no camera with more than
19 nights? The solution is quite simple: My camera Mincam1 was operated in
19 nights. The second camera AVIS2 observed in parallel (different direction)
in many nights, and on March 25 it could use a cloud gap that gave no
meteor detection for Mincam1. That makes up for the 20th night.
Beside those almost 2000 meteors that could be recorded, March presented
another highlight to the IMO camera network: With Bob Lunsford, we got an
observer outside Europe for the first time since November 2003, and the first
American video observer at all! Bob is operating his intensified camera from
Chula Vista / California and he will be a valuable extention to the network,
since he covers times when there is bright daylight in Europe. Furthermore,
he is able to observe the southern meteor showers already quite well at his
site 32 deg northern latitude.
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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CASFL Castellani Monte Baldo BMH1 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 19 99.6 h 133
EVAST Evans Moreton RF1 (0.8/12) 25 dg 5 mag 5 40.7 h 91
KACJA Kac Kostanjevec METKA (0.8/8) 42 dg 2 mag 15 112.9 h 85
Kamik REZIKA (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 5 40.3 h 64
KOSDE Koschny Noordwijkerh. ICC3 (0.85/25) 25 dg 6 mag 7 40.4 h 53
LUNRO Lunsford Chula Vista BOCAM (1.4/50) 60 dg 6 mag 3 6.2 h 26
MOLSI Molau Seysdorf AVIS2 (1.4/50) 60 dg 6 mag 11 58.6 h 613
MINCAM1 (0.8/6) 50 dg 3 mag 19 97.6 h 128
SPEUL Sperberg Salzwedel AKM1 (0.85/25) 32 dg 6 mag 2 13.2 h 25
STOEN Stomeo Scorze MIN38 (0.8/3.8) 80 dg 3 mag 6 33.1 h 77
STRJO Strunk Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 19 71.1 h 117
TRIMI Triglav Velenje SRAKA (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 18 117.9 h 187
YRJIL Yrjola Kuusankoski FINEXCAM (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 19 128.4 h 327
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Sum 31 861.2 h 1926
2. Observing Times (h)
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Mar 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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CASFL 4.7 10.7 - - 3.5 10.5 7.9 0.9 0.9 - 7.7 2.9 1.0 1.0 -
EVAST 10.4 - 8.9 8.0 6.7 - - - - - - - - - -
KACJA - 10.1 5.3 - - 10.3 10.4 - - - 10.3 - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
KOSDE - - - - - 8.3 - - - - 5.7 3.8 - - 0.4
LUNRO - - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI 8.6 4.4 - - - - 5.0 - - 0.6 - - - 0.9 -
11.5 4.4 - - 3.2 - 5.1 - 2.0 2.8 - 1.8 1.8 7.9 -
SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STOEN 2.4 6.8 - - - - 7.8 - - - - - - - -
STRJO - 1.0 0.8 2.7 - 1.0 2.4 - - 0.5 - 8.8 10.1 4.3 -
TRIMI 5.0 9.0 - - - 9.7 9.7 - 3.5 - 9.5 1.0 - - -
YRJIL 9.3 6.4 8.0 - 7.0 - 3.0 - 3.7 9.7 4.0 9.5 8.4 7.7 -
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Sum 51.9 52.8 23.0 10.7 22.4 39.8 51.3 0.9 10.1 13.6 37.2 27.8 30.3 30.8 0.4
Mar 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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CASFL 4.4 7.0 - 10.0 5.0 0.5 1.5 1.0 - - - 0.5 - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - 6.7 - - - - - - - - -
KACJA - - - 10.3 10.4 - - 9.9 2.5 7.8 4.0 2.5 - 9.3 - 9.8
- - - - - - - - - 8.4 8.8 - - 7.5 6.8 8.8
KOSDE - - - - - 7.6 9.0 5.6 - - - - - - - -
LUNRO - - - - - - - 2.1 2.1 - - - - - - -
MOLSI - - 9.2 9.6 3.9 - - 8.7 - 0.4 - - - - - 7.3
0.6 1.5 10.5 9.3 7.4 - 2.2 10.2 - - 1.4 - - 4.3 - 9.7
SPEUL - - - - - - 7.8 6.0 - - - - - - - -
STOEN - 2.8 - - - - - - - - - - - 7.9 5.4 -
STRJO 1.0 0.6 - - 6.3 5.5 5.3 7.5 - - - 6.5 1.7 2.0 - 3.7
TRIMI - - 4.5 9.0 7.2 2.0 - 8.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 - - 6.5 8.8
YRJIL 7.2 8.6 - 5.7 7.1 5.6 4.3 - 6.5 - 6.7 - - - - -
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Sum 13.2 20.5 24.2 53.9 47.3 21.2 36.8 59.0 18.1 21.6 26.9 16.0 1.7 31.0 18.7 48.1
3. Results (Meteors)
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Mar 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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CASFL 4 15 - - 7 13 8 1 1 - 11 6 17 17 -
EVAST 33 - 22 13 16 - - - - - - - - - -
KACJA - 6 5 - - 5 10 - - - 11 - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
KOSDE - - - - - 9 - - - - 5 8 - - 1
LUNRO - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - - -
MOLSI 133 51 - - - - 42 - - 2 - - - 1 -
11 9 - - 5 - 11 - 2 7 - 3 9 5 -
SPEUL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STOEN 3 7 - - - - 24 - - - - - - - -
STRJO - 3 2 6 - 2 5 - - 1 - 10 8 7 -
TRIMI 4 11 - - - 18 23 - 1 - 25 2 - - -
YRJIL 33 16 21 - 19 - 7 - 9 26 4 20 24 18 -
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Sum 221 118 50 19 56 47 130 1 13 36 56 49 58 48 1
Mar 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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CASFL 4 5 - 13 5 2 2 1 - - - 1 - - - -
EVAST - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - -
KACJA - - - 11 7 - - 6 3 3 3 3 - 8 - 4
- - - - - - - - - 8 7 - - 29 9 11
KOSDE - - - - - 9 14 7 - - - - - - - -
LUNRO - - - - - - - 12 5 - - - - - - -
MOLSI - - 68 101 23 - - 110 - 2 - - - - - 80
1 4 13 12 4 - 2 11 - - 2 - - 4 - 13
SPEUL - - - - - - 19 6 - - - - - - - -
STOEN - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 10 -
STRJO 2 1 - - 8 9 9 16 - - - 12 5 3 - 8
TRIMI - - 8 19 10 2 - 9 12 5 8 4 - - 9 17
YRJIL 15 21 - 1 15 16 16 - 22 - 24 - - - - -
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Sum 22 35 89 157 72 38 69 178 42 18 44 20 5 73 28 133
Sirko Molau, 2006/04/12