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