Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - January 2003
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Normally one would think that January is a bad month for meteor observation.
Usually this winter month implies cloudy skies and little sunshine. The last
three year drew a different picture, though. In January 2001 we collected 
546.1 hours of effective observing time (that's more than 23 full days) and 
recorded 1798 meteors. The following year yielded 625.3 hours and 3878 meteors,
and in  January 2003 we observed in 636.4 hours an overall of 1632 meteors.
There were observations in almost every January night between 2001 and 2003, 
which results in a good temporal coverage. This year the first part of the 
month saw many clear nights. In the second half the picture became somewhat 
worse, but thanks to the large extension of the network there was usually at 
least somewhere a gap in the clouds.

Joerg Strunk had to suspend video meteor observation in January because of
computer problems. On the other hand, Andre Knoefel resumed operation of
his camera together with two friends from the public observatory of Essen. 
My own camera is operated from a new site since January, which is 
significantly better from the astronomical point of view than Aachen and 
Munich: Seysdorf is a little village about 50 km north of Munich.

Ilkka Yrjola enjoyed unusually good weather in Finland and collected up to
15 hours of observing time in a single night thanks to his observing site
in the far north. Orlando Benitez-Sanchez also had winter at his observing 
site on the Canary islands, but his nights were hardly longer than 8 hours at
best. Therefore they were also somewhat warmer ... :-)

Last but not least, Steve Quirk managed again to observe over 300 meteors in 
more than 20 nights in the Australian summer - more than any other observer.
In the months to come this gap will further increase, as the northern sites
witness the annual meteor activity minimum, whereas sporadic meteors have 
their maximum down under.


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  4 mag  11  77.0 h   127
EVAST Evans      Moreton       EMILY (1.8/28)     36 dg  5 mag   2   8.8 h    48
KNOAN Knoefel    Essen         VIDEOMET (0.75/50) 20 dg  7 mag   6  21.6 h    58
KOSDE Koschny    Noordwijkerh. ICC3 (0.85/25)     25 dg  6 mag   9  74.2 h   254
MOLSI Molau      Seysdorf      AVIS (2.0/35)      40 dg  5 mag  10  50.5 h   228
NITMI Nitschke   Dresden       VK1 (0.75/50)      20 dg  8 mag   4  16.7 h    17
QUIST Quirk      Mudgee        SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg  5 mag  22 158.2 h   325
RENJU Rendtel    Marquardt     AKM2 (0.85/25)     32 dg  6 mag   2  23.0 h   178
                               CARMEN (1.8/28)    28 dg  5 mag   7  47.9 h   118
SPEUL Sperberg   Salzwedel     AKM1 (0.85/25)     32 dg  6 mag   3  16.6 h    48
YRJIL Yrjola     Kuusankoski   NONAME (2.0/35)    38 dg  6 mag  15 141.9 h   231
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Sum                                                             30 636.4 h  1632


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   -   8.2  7.4  6.1  6.2   -    -   7.4  8.5   -   7.4   -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -   6.2   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   2.6   -    -    -    -
KNOAN   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   1.5  8.2  1.1  4.0   -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -    -  10.0 10.9   -    -    -    -  11.0   -    -    -    -   8.3
MOLSI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   8.0  1.0  3.0 12.9  6.8   -   2.7  0.8
NITMI   -    -    -    -   1.7   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST  8.2  8.2  6.7  8.7  5.8  5.3  4.3  5.7  7.5   -   7.8  7.3  6.2  7.6  7.9
RENJU   -    -    -  12.8   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
        -    -    -    -    -    -   7.8 10.4   -  10.8   -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
YRJIL 14.7 14.7 13.4 14.4   -  13.6  6.9   -  13.2 13.9   -    -  13.8   -    -
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Sum   22.9 31.1 33.7 52.0 24.6 18.9 19.0 33.0 38.4 39.8 34.7 14.1 20.0 10.3 17.0

Jan    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -   6.8   -    -    -    -    -    -   5.6   -   6.6   -    -    -   6.8   -
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KNOAN   -   2.7   -    -    -    -    -    -   4.1   -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -   3.1   -    -    -   0.3   -    -    -  11.9   -    -    -    -  10.6  8.1
MOLSI   -    -   7.7   -   5.4  2.2   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
NITMI   -   5.0   -    -   5.0   -    -    -    -   5.0   -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST  8.1  8.2   -    -   6.5   -    -   7.8   -   8.1  8.4   -   6.4   -   7.5   -
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  10.2
        -   5.5   -   2.6  4.0   -   6.8   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -   3.2   -    -   4.5   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   8.9
YRJIL   -    -    -   7.0   -    -    -    -    -   1.5   -    -    -   1.0  1.5 12.3
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Sum    8.1 34.5  7.7  9.6 25.4  2.5  6.8  7.8  9.7 26.5 15.0   -   6.4  1.0 26.4 39.5


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   -   19   21    6   14    -    -    3   15    -   10    -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -   39    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    9    -    -    -    -
KNOAN   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    4   39    1    9    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -    -   42   36    -    -    -    -   65    -    -    -    -   28
MOLSI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   70    3   11   65   24    -   12    2
NITMI   -    -    -    -    2    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST  15   22   20   27   17   12   11    7    8    -   26   19   20   11   18
RENJU   -    -    -   98    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
        -    -    -    -    -    -   10   26    -   50    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
YRJIL  25   27   46    8    -   20   20    -   17   10    -    -   12    -    -
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Sum    40   68  126  181   69   32   41  110   82  137  119   43   32   23   48

Jan    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -    6    -    -    -    -    -    -    6    -   16    -    -    -   11    -
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KNOAN   -    1    -    -    -    -    -    -    4    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    1    -    -    -    1    -    -    -   42    -    -    -    -   23   16
MOLSI   -    -   26    -    9    6    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
NITMI   -    7    -    -    2    -    -    -    -    6    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST  12   10    -    -    7    -    -    7    -   17   17    -   15    -    7    -
RENJU   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   80
        -    5    -    2    9    -   16    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    3    -    -    2    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   43
YRJIL   -    -    -   15    -    -    -    -    -    1    -    -    -    1    1   28
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Sum    12   33   26   17   29    7   16    7   10   66   33    -   15    1   42  167

Sirko Molau, 2003/02/20