Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - October 2001
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The Eurpoean observers were rewarded with a nice and warm October after
September was a pain for each of us. At many European sites this month 
broke all long-term temperature records. Whereas England was often clouded 
out, high pressure systems were connected with frequent sky clearings in 
Germany. There were only a few starry nights from dusk till dawn, but the 
dozen and more observing nights and sometimes more than hundred hours of 
observing time per observer draw a clear picture. It was less dramatic that 
just at the Orionid maximum the period of clear skies came to an end. The 
average meteor number per hour was still pleasant thanks to the broad 
Orionid activity, the Taurids and the increased sporadic rate. Even though 
some regular observers (KOSDE, KNOAN, YRJIL) could not observe last month 
and there were also just a few observations from the Canary islands, we had 
an almost complete coverage of October in the end.

With even better weather our two observers "down under" were active, too,
even though the Australian nights start to get shorter than the European 
ones. Both cameras are now operated such that a large percentage of meteors
is recorded by both stations which will allow for orbit determination later 
on.

The camera system of Ilkka Yrjola was not operated as the image intensifier
got blind recently. However, Ilkka used the time to experiment with a
hardware cloud detector. The idea is to measure the "sky temperature"
with an IR sensor. If there are clouds an increase in the IR flux can be
measured. Once the system becomes operational it can be used in connection
with MetRec to control camera operation. Together with easier to implement 
rain and twilight sensors it would allow for an fully autonomous meteor 
observing station.


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  8 mag   3  14.5 h    50
EVAST Evans      L. Thurlow    EMILY (1.8/28)     36 dg  5 mag   4  10.8 h    37
MCNRO McNaught   Coonabarabran SSO1 (1.2/85)      13 dg  9 mag  14 109.3 h  1604  
MOLSI Molau      Aachen        AVIS (2.0/35)      40 dg  5 mag  19 111.6 h   808
NITMI Nitschke   Dresden       VK1 (0.75/50)      20 dg  8 mag  12  50.2 h   261
QUIST Quirk      Mudgee        SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg  5 mag  21 180.7 h   450 
RENJU Rendtel    Marquardt     CARMEN (1.8/28)    28 dg  5 mag   4  21.5 h    86
                               AKM2 (0.85/25)     32 dg  6 mag  14 103.0 h   892
SPEUL Sperberg   Salzwedel     AKM1 (0.85/25)     32 dg  6 mag   5  44.5 h   302
STRJO Strunk     Leopoldshoehe FAMOS (2.0/28)     45 dg  5 mag  11  94.4 h    94
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Overall                                                         30 740.5 h  4594


2. Observing Times (h)
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Oct    01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -   2.5   -    -   3.1   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MCNRO   -    -   9.4  9.1  9.2  7.2  9.2  8.7   -    -    -   7.9   -   8.3  6.7
MOLSI   -    -    -   2.6  3.9   -   1.6  8.4  6.8  6.3  8.4  5.8 10.3  3.0  2.6
NITMI   -   5.1   -   5.1  5.0   -    -    -   5.0  1.6   -   5.1  5.1  1.0  5.1
QUIST   -    -  10.3  9.5  7.7  8.2   -  10.1  9.6  5.6   -  10.4   -    -  10.0
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
        -   1.2  2.4 10.0   -   8.9   -   2.4  9.3   -    -   9.2  7.0  9.6  6.4
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   9.3 10.1   -    -
STRJO   -    -    -    -   7.3   -    -   9.6   -    -    -  10.6 11.0  1.2 10.0
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Sum     -   6.3 24.6 36.3 33.1 27.4 10.8 39.2 30.7 13.5  8.4 58.3 43.5 23.1 40.8

Oct    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   6.8  4.7   -   3.0   -    -    -
EVAST   -    -   2.1   -    -    -    -   3.1   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MCNRO   -   0.2  7.9  8.7  8.1   -   8.7   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MOLSI 10.9 10.8   -    -    -   0.9  6.8   -    -   6.1  6.3   -    -    -   5.3  4.8
NITMI   -    -   2.1  5.0  5.0   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST   -    -   9.7  8.0  9.6  6.3  9.7   -   8.8   -   8.6  9.2  9.2  8.7  8.4  3.1
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.5   -   2.1   -    -    -    -  11.1  3.8
       7.7  8.7   -   9.8 10.4   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -   7.2  8.6  9.3   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STRJO 10.5  8.5   -  10.9  4.9   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   9.9   -
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Sum   29.1 28.2 29.0 51.0 47.3  7.2 25.2  7.6  8.8 15.0 19.6  9.2 12.2 19.7 34.7 11.7


3. Results (Meteors)
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Oct    01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -    5    -    -   11    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MCNRO   -    -   29   33   60  100  145  181    -    -    -  157    -  198  127
MOLSI   -    -    -   12   14    -    2   67   41   28   65   58   65   18   41
NITMI   -   18    -   15   14    -    -    -   26    5    -   52   16    2   20
QUIST   -    -   43   20   21   22    -   31   28    1    -   25    -    -   23
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
        -    2    4   71    -   59    -    7   79    -    -  123   69   64   77
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   71   58    -    -
STRJO   -    -    -    -    5    -    -   12    -    -    -   15    8    3   11
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Sum     -   20   81  151  114  192  147  298  174   34   65  501  216  285  299

Oct    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   34    7    -    9    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -   11    -    -    -    -   10    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MCNRO   -    8  131  166  165    -  104    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MOLSI  62   73    -    -    -    5   66    -    -   63   90    -    -    -   10   28
NITMI   -    -    7   36   50    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST   -    -    4   28   30   22   23    -    2    -   24   18   23   34   25    3
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   13    -   11    -    -    -    -   50   12
       52   59    -   87  139    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -   31   65   77    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STRJO   8    8    -   12   11    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1    -
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Sum   122  148  184  394  472   27  193   23    2  108  121   18   32   34   86   43

Sirko Molau, 2001/11/06