Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - July 2003
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I'm running out of superlatives! In June I reported that one central European
observer alone managed to obtain 23 observing nights, and already in July I 
broke this record with 24 observing nights. Since I was two days away, it 
could have been even 25 or 26 nights. Even our Australian observer obtained 
such a result only once before. 

Weather in Germany was indeed Australian-like: For weeks we enjoyed high season
Summer weather, temperatures beyond 30 deg centigrade and clear skies.
It was a joy for all those on vacation, but all others were happy if they
could spend the time in some air-conditioned room.

Because of the holidays, a number of observers took a break for a couple of
days. In addition, some observations have not been reported yet, so that
the statistics of July with more than 550 hours of effective observing time
and more than 2700 meteors may still improve.

Operating two video cameras seems to become trendy :-). Joerg Strunk has
started to operate two Mintron camera in July, after I had begun regular
observations with a second camera the month before. Interestingly, Joerg
recorded more meteors with the 8mm Computar lens than with the 6mm lens
which was introduced recently (both f/0.8). A more detailled analysis of
this effect is still to be done.

On Teneriffe, Orlando Benitez-Sanchez resumed video meteor observation by the 
end of July, whereas in Finland the Summer break is not yet over.


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   6  38.1 h   286
EVAST Evans      Moreton       EMILY (1.8/28)     36 dg  5 mag   2   9.0 h    53
KOSDE Koschny    Noordwijkerh. ICC3 (0.85/25)     25 dg  6 mag   5  21.0 h    70
MOLSI Molau      Seysdorf      AVIS (2.0/35)      40 dg  6 mag  18  74.4 h   395
                               MINCAM1 (1.4/12)   35 dg  4 mag  24  95.3 h   316
                               AKM1 (0.85/25)     32 dg  6 mag   1   4.4 h    49
QUIST Quirk      Mudgee        SSO-WAT1 (0.85/25) 13 dg  5 mag  15 156.3 h  1072
RENJU Rendtel    Marquardt     CARMEN (1.8/28)    28 dg  5 mag  14  48.2 h   160
STORO Stork      Ondrejov      OND1 (1.4/50)      22 dg  8 mag   1   3.9 h    33
STRJO Strunk     Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6)    55 dg  3 mag  21  66.5 h   156
                               MINCAM3 (0.8/8)    42 dg  4 mag   8  36.0 h   114
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Sum                                                             30 553.1 h  2704


2. Observing Times (h)
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July   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.1
MOLSI   -   2.6  5.1   -    -   5.1  2.9  5.4   -   5.4  4.0  5.4  5.8  5.6  5.7
        -   3.7  5.3   -   2.7  5.7  3.1  5.8  2.5  6.0  4.6  5.9  5.9  5.9  5.9
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST   -    -    -    -  11.3   -   8.1   -  11.3   -    -  11.8 12.1 11.1 11.4
RENJU   -   3.2   -    -    -    -   2.4   -    -   3.0   -   3.4   -   4.3  4.3
STORO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STRJO  1.4   -   3.7   -    -    -    -    -   4.0  4.1  1.6  3.0  4.2  3.3  4.4
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.2  3.8  3.5  4.8
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Sum    1.4  9.5 14.1   -  14.0 10.8 16.5 11.2 17.8 18.5 10.2 33.7 31.8 33.7 40.6

July   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   6.1  5.8  6.7  6.8  5.5  7.2
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.5   -   4.5   -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -   4.0  4.3  4.4  4.2   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MOLSI   -   2.3  5.5  5.6  1.8   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   1.3  3.2  1.7
        -   2.2  5.7  6.0  1.1  1.3  0.6  3.1   -    -    -    -   2.1  6.2  1.8  2.2
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.4   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST 11.0   -  10.1 12.0 10.2   -    -    -    -    -    -    -  11.5  6.3  6.4 11.7
RENJU  1.2   -   3.3  4.6   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   1.9  3.6  3.5  5.3  4.2
STORO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   3.9   -    -
STRJO   -   3.0  4.6  4.6  2.0   -   5.2   -   0.5  0.5  0.5   -   5.3  4.4  3.9  2.3
        -    -   4.9  5.0   -    -   4.8   -    -    -    -    -    -   5.0   -    -
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Sum   12.2  7.5 38.1 42.1 19.5  5.5 10.6  7.5  0.5  5.0  6.6 12.2 29.2 37.4 26.1 29.3


3. Results (Meteors)
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July   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   21
MOLSI   -   18   30    -    -   42   13   28    -   40   13   12   25   23   19
        -    9   19    -    6   27    5   14    5   19    8    6   15   24   27
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST   -    -    -    -   74    -   63    -   45    -    -   80   68   70   82
RENJU   -   10    -    -    -    -    4    -    -   14    -   17    -   12   14
STORO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STRJO   1    6    -    -    -    -    -    -   14    6    2    4    9   11   15
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   14   13   13   20
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Sum     1   43   49    -   80   69   85   42   64   79   23  133  130  153  198

July   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
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BENOR   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   33   47   62   59   40   45
EVAST   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   20    -   33    -    -    -    -
KOSDE   -    -    9   13   19    8    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
MOLSI   -    8   36   48    7    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    7   20    6
        -    4   21   26    4    7    2   14    -    -    -    -    8   29   11    6
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -   49    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
QUIST  82    -   66    7   19    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  143   60  100  113
RENJU   4    -    8   27    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    3   10    5   21   11
STORO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   33    -    -
STRJO   -    5   12   14    3    -    8    -    1    1    1    -   18    9    7    9
        -    -   13   19    -    -   10    -    -    -    -    -    -   12    -    -
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Sum    86   17  165  154   52   15   20   63    1   21   34   83  241  214  199  190

Sirko Molau, 2003/08/20