Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - April 2007
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There is just one word to characterize April 2007: WOW!
How else should I describe a month, that was not characterized by the typical
April weather mix of fine and poor weather, but that presented almost
exclusively sunny weather and clear skies to most of Europe instead? A month,
in which 23 camera systems observed for over 2000 hours (which is the
third best result ever) and recorded more than 4500 meteors - about as much
as in April 2004, 2005 and 2006 all together? A month, were 15 camera systems
were operated in over 15 nights, and 5 cameras in even 25 nights and more?
I can't find any better word for this month.
It remains to say, that with Wolfgang Hinz one of our most active observers
had to pause because of maintenance work at his camera. And that was new
as well: The camera Remo1 observed from Ketzuer between March 24 and May 6
without a break. That's 44 nights in a row!
With respect to the meteor activity, the hourly average remained as low as in
March. Only the Lyrids caused significantly enhanced meteor rates.
Esko Lyytinen pointed to a possible minor shower on April 3/4, which could
not be supported by our data. However, this was just the night with fewest
observations in April.
1. Observers
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Code Name Place Camera FOV LM Nights Time Meteors
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BENOR Benitez.S. Las Palmas TIMES4 (1.4/50) 20 dg 3 mag 7 7.3 h 17
TIMES5 (0.95/50) 10 dg 3 mag 1 0.8 h 1
BRIBE Brinkmann Herne HERMINE (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 25 116.7 h 207
CASFL Castellani Monte Baldo BMH1 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 17 84.3 h 91
ELTMA Eltri Venezia MET38 (0.8/3.8) 80 dg 3 mag 2 15.2 h 29
EVAST Evans Moreton RF1 (0.8/12) 25 dg 5 mag 17 117.1 h 189
KACJA Kac Kostanjevec METKA (0.8/8) 42 dg 2 mag 22 105.9 h 86
Kamnik REZIKA (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 18 136.8 h 444
KOSDE Koschny Noordwijkerh. ICC4 (0.85/25) 25 dg 5 mag 17 95.8 h 232
LUNRO Lunsford Chula Vista BOCAM (1.4/50) 60 dg 6 mag 9 59.5 h 211
MOLSI Molau Seysdorf AVIS2 (1.4/50) 60 dg 6 mag 11 61.2 h 309
MINCAM1 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 29 210.9 h 520
Ketzuer REMO1 (0.8/3.8) 80 dg 3 mag 30 177.8 h 399
ROBBI Roberto Verona FIAMENE (0.8/3.8) 80 dg 3 mag 18 76.2 h 83
SLAST Slavec Ljubljana KAYAK1 (1.8/28) 50 dg 4 mag 19 114.5 h 149
STOEN Stomeo Scorze MIN38 (0.8/3.8) 80 dg 3 mag 18 131.2 h 247
STORO Stork Kunzak KUN1 (1.4/50) 55 dg 6 mag 2 9.2 h 39
Ondrejov OND1 (1.4/50) 55 dg 6 mag 4 19.5 h 256
STRJO Strunk Herford MINCAM2 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 28 100.1 h 180
MINCAM3 (0.8/8) 42 dg 4 mag 13 60.9 h 108
MINCAM5 (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 21 99.4 h 257
TRIMI Triglav Velenje SRAKA (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 25 147.5 h 275
YRJIL Yrjola Kuusankoski FINEXCAM (0.8/6) 55 dg 3 mag 19 85.8 h 278
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Sum 30 2033.6 h 4605
2. Observing Times (h)
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Apr 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR - - - - - 0.5 1.5 2.7 - 0.5 0.5 - 1.1 - -
- - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - -
BRIBE 2.4 2.5 3.8 6.7 6.9 1.0 5.1 1.0 2.5 1.0 6.0 5.0 3.0 8.8 8.7
CASFL - 7.8 - 4.7 3.0 6.6 2.6 3.1 - 4.5 8.4 2.9 3.3 5.2 -
ELTMA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST 8.9 - - 7.5 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.0 2.0 - - 2.6 - 6.6 7.3
KACJA - 3.9 - - 6.5 3.5 - 5.6 3.4 3.4 6.9 3.7 6.3 2.4 4.7
- - - - 8.9 8.5 - 9.2 3.8 2.7 9.1 9.0 - 9.5 9.1
KOSDE 8.2 4.6 - - 7.8 4.0 6.9 5.8 1.5 - 7.3 4.0 7.1 6.0 7.3
LUNRO - - - - - - - - - - 8.8 - 9.1 7.3 -
MOLSI 8.8 2.3 - 4.8 - - - - - - - - - - -
5.4 5.4 - 5.2 9.2 6.4 1.5 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.5
2.6 8.5 0.7 5.4 1.7 5.2 4.7 0.3 3.0 5.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.1
ROBBI - - - - 3.4 4.1 - - 6.4 3.9 3.1 3.8 8.1 5.7 3.6
SLAST - 4.7 - - 1.1 7.5 - 6.5 8.1 8.0 8.6 6.8 8.1 6.9 5.4
STOEN - - - - 8.3 7.7 2.7 - 8.1 8.2 - - 7.9 9.4 -
STORO - - - - - 4.2 5.0 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - 3.8 4.8 - - - - - - - -
STRJO 0.5 1.5 2.4 3.0 8.4 2.2 - 1.5 0.5 2.2 5.0 6.4 3.2 7.6 5.4
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.2 0.5 - - - - - 2.0 - 3.0 - 7.7 5.6 7.5 5.5
TRIMI - 2.5 - 2.5 6.2 6.8 - 6.3 7.0 8.0 8.6 7.5 5.7 5.0 8.8
YRJIL 0.6 - 5.8 - 7.3 2.7 4.4 6.7 6.7 2.1 5.6 6.3 2.9 6.0 5.9
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Sum 38.6 44.2 12.7 39.8 87.6 83.6 47.7 67.7 61.9 62.6 95.1 82.7 88.3110.7 88.3
Apr 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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BENOR 0.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BRIBE 8.6 2.5 4.9 - - - - - 2.1 5.5 6.5 6.9 3.8 4.8 6.7
CASFL 3.8 5.0 6.0 7.9 5.4 4.1 - - - - - - - - -
ELTMA - - - - - - 7.7 - - - 7.5 - - - -
EVAST - 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.6 6.9 6.8 - - - - - - - 6.2
KACJA 4.3 7.2 - 6.6 4.6 4.2 5.6 - 4.5 - 6.9 2.0 6.3 - 3.4
8.9 8.7 - 4.9 7.7 - 8.1 - 4.5 8.2 - 8.1 7.9 - -
KOSDE 2.4 - - - 4.5 5.8 6.8 - - - - - - - 5.8
LUNRO - 1.4 - 7.6 - - 7.1 - 5.1 8.4 - 4.7 - - -
MOLSI - - - - - - - 4.1 2.8 6.0 4.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.0
8.5 5.5 5.8 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.0 2.9 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6
8.0 3.9 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 0.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.2 5.1 7.0 6.9
ROBBI 2.1 - 4.9 5.4 - 2.3 5.7 - 4.1 - 2.4 2.4 - 4.8 -
SLAST 8.5 3.5 - 6.1 7.9 1.7 8.1 3.0 4.0 - - - - - -
STOEN 8.4 6.7 3.5 8.6 8.0 8.5 8.5 4.8 - - 7.9 6.0 8.0 - -
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - 4.1 6.8 - - - - - - - -
STRJO 3.2 2.8 1.9 1.0 4.0 3.0 6.8 - 4.4 3.5 2.8 3.0 0.8 6.6 6.5
5.1 3.6 4.9 - 4.4 6.8 6.7 - 5.4 5.1 2.3 1.5 2.2 6.5 6.4
4.1 3.3 5.1 - 4.9 6.9 6.8 - 5.5 6.5 2.0 6.5 2.3 6.4 6.1
TRIMI 6.7 6.8 - 6.2 6.3 7.0 7.0 - 6.3 7.0 4.0 7.5 7.0 0.5 0.3
YRJIL 5.3 - 5.3 - - - 4.8 - - - - - 2.8 0.9 3.7
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Sum 88.4 68.1 57.3 77.5 80.2 77.1118.9 18.4 59.0 65.4 62.1 70.7 61.1 52.3 65.6
3. Results (Meteors)
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Apr 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
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BENOR - - - - - 1 3 7 - 1 1 - 3 - -
- - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - -
BRIBE 5 7 8 9 12 2 15 2 8 2 14 10 6 20 12
CASFL - 13 - 10 2 8 1 2 - 2 11 3 3 9 -
ELTMA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EVAST 10 - - 15 11 11 10 11 2 - - 4 - 8 10
KACJA - 3 - - 4 4 - 2 1 1 3 2 7 2 5
- - - - 18 18 - 20 9 13 23 24 - 31 32
KOSDE 13 4 - - 10 8 22 4 8 - 19 4 11 14 20
LUNRO - - - - - - - - - - 25 - 27 21 -
MOLSI 26 9 - 27 - - - - - - - - - - -
17 9 - 23 20 12 4 20 13 16 18 22 18 18 17
6 7 6 7 3 13 8 1 5 10 24 23 19 22 10
ROBBI - - - - 4 4 - - 7 4 3 4 5 7 3
SLAST - 3 - - 1 7 - 10 12 8 10 12 8 4 5
STOEN - - - - 10 17 2 - 9 9 - - 18 14 -
STORO - - - - - 20 19 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - 16 62 - - - - - - - -
STRJO 1 4 5 5 15 5 - 3 1 4 8 12 7 16 7
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 1 - - - - - 4 - 5 - 13 9 19 10
TRIMI - 6 - 7 12 13 - 7 11 10 12 10 8 10 11
YRJIL 1 - 16 - 12 10 14 17 24 1 20 22 14 14 18
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Sum 82 66 35 103 134 169 160 110 110 87 191 165 163 229 160
Apr 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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BENOR 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BRIBE 8 3 9 - - - - - 2 11 7 8 5 9 13
CASFL 3 2 3 6 7 6 - - - - - - - - -
ELTMA - - - - - - 23 - - - 6 - - - -
EVAST - 14 6 8 12 13 26 - - - - - - - 18
KACJA 3 9 - 5 3 4 12 - 6 - 3 1 5 - 1
35 34 - 20 22 - 64 - 19 25 - 17 20 - -
KOSDE 4 - - - 13 30 28 - - - - - - - 20
LUNRO - 2 - 34 - - 27 - 27 28 - 20 - - -
MOLSI - - - - - - - 31 26 48 19 27 32 25 39
24 7 15 17 20 26 53 14 10 24 13 25 16 12 17
22 7 20 8 13 35 36 1 10 15 11 15 14 17 11
ROBBI 2 - 4 6 - 2 13 - 2 - 4 3 - 6 -
SLAST 11 5 - 7 13 7 14 3 9 - - - - - -
STOEN 16 7 5 27 10 21 42 6 - - 11 12 11 - -
STORO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - 57 121 - - - - - - - -
STRJO 6 4 3 3 6 9 11 - 6 5 5 6 2 11 10
3 4 5 - 7 12 35 - 10 6 5 3 5 6 7
8 6 11 - 21 21 42 - 13 13 4 13 7 17 17
TRIMI 11 10 - 10 16 21 35 - 15 8 5 16 9 1 1
YRJIL 13 - 19 - - - 38 - - - - - 16 1 6
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Sum 170 114 100 151 163 264 620 55 155 183 93 166 142 105 160
Sirko Molau, 2007/05/28