Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - June 2006
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In June, central European weather finally switched from winter to summer.
The first teams that arrived in Germany for the soccer world championship
still complained about the cool temperatures early June, but just a few days
before the championship a period of summer weather started that continues even
until today. On many days the temperatures rose above 30 deg centrigrade and if
the
sky was clouded it was often only due to summer thunderstorms. The Championship
slogan could have been "The world visiting the Sun" instead of "The world
visiting friends".

As in the previous months, we did not miss a single night, such that we got
a 100% night coverage in the first half of 2006. More than 600 hours of
observing time and 1800 meteors does not seem much compared to other months -
for a June with its short nights, however, it's the best result we ever
obtained. Two observers with 26 and 27 nights, respectively, are another sign
for the great weather. The total amount of meteor records in the video archive
rose to almost 196,000 such that in late July or early August we will record
the 200,000th shooting star of the network. I'll try to find out who will be
the lucky observer, and present to him a bottle of champagne at the IMC (given
that he takes part).

Whereas a few regular observers needed to suspend observation, two new cameras
could be welcome in June. Wolfgang Hinz started to operate AKM2 north of the
Alps in Brannenburg, and Sirko Molau tested a new Mintron camera. REMO1 stands
for REmote Meteor Observatory. The goal is to operate this camera starting
from August without assistance from a site in northern Germany to improve the
coverage of the network.

Last month I reported on the Tau-Herculid activity at the May/June boundary.
The now available data from early June confirm the conclusion, that this
meteor shower caused by comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann was virtually non
existent.


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   6   24.5 h   38
ELTMA Eltri       Venezia       MET38 (0.8/3.8)   80 dg  3 mag   7   31.3 h  118
EVAST Evans       Moreton       RF1 (0.8/12)      25 dg  5 mag  13   53.3 h   82
HINWO Hinz        Brannenburg   AKM2 (0.85/25)    32 dg  5 mag   1    4.9 h   14
KACJA Kac         Kostanjevec   METKA (0.8/8)     42 dg  2 mag  16   57.6 h   61
                  Kamnik        REZIKA (0.8/6)    55 dg  3 mag  16   65.3 h  202
LUNRO Lunsford    Chula Vista   BOCAM (1.4/50)    60 dg  6 mag  11   53.6 h  208
MOLSI Molau       Seysdorf      AVIS2 (1.4/50)    60 dg  6 mag  15   46.6 h  522
                                MINCAM1 (0.8/3.8) 80 dg  3 mag  24   87.3 h  190
                                REMO1 (0.8/6)     55 dg  3 mag   1    4.8 h   20
SPEUL Sperberg    Salzwedel     AKM1 (0.85/25)    32 dg  6 mag   3    8.4 h   16
STOEN Stomeo      Scorze        MIN38 (0.8/3.8)   80 dg  3 mag   9   40.2 h  124
STRJO Strunk      Leopoldshoehe MINCAM2 (0.8/6)   55 dg  3 mag  16   36.5 h   86
TRIMI Triglav     Velenje       SRAKA (0.8/6)     55 dg  3 mag  26  106.2 h  177
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Sum                                                             30  620.5 h 1858


2. Observing Times (h)
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June   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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CASFL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
ELTRI   -    -    -    -    -    -   1.0   -   5.1   -    -   5.2   -    -    -
EVAST  3.7  4.3  4.3  3.9  4.0   -   4.0  4.0  4.2  4.1   -    -    -    -    -
HINWO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KACJA   -    -    -    -    -    -   6.4  3.0  3.3   -   6.4  6.2  1.9  2.3   -
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   0.4  5.4   -   2.5  6.1
LUNRO  5.8   -   5.5  4.8   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   3.2  5.5  3.8
MOLSI  2.7   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.9  2.7  4.6  5.2  4.1
       2.7  1.7  0.1  1.1  2.2  6.1  6.0  3.0  5.0  2.9  5.9  5.6  5.9  5.9  5.0
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STOEN   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   5.0   -    -   4.7
STRJO   -   3.1  1.4  1.0   -    -   1.1  3.8  1.0  2.5  3.7  3.7  3.7   -    -
TRIMI  4.2   -   2.0  2.7   -   4.3  5.2  2.7  1.0   -   6.2  6.2  2.8  4.8  6.2
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Sum   19.1  9.1 13.3 13.5  6.2 10.4 23.7 16.5 19.6  9.5 27.5 40.0 22.1 26.2 29.9

June   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30
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CASFL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -  -6.1   -   3.7  5.3 -4.3   -    -  -5.1
ELTRI   -    -   4.9   -    -    -    -   5.0   -    -   5.0  5.1   -    -    -
EVAST  4.2   -    -    -    -   4.2  4.1   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.3
HINWO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.9
KACJA   -   1.2  2.2  2.8   -   5.1   -    -    -   6.3  3.1  1.9  2.8   -   2.7
       4.8   -   1.8  3.6  2.0  4.1  4.5   -   4.5  5.4  5.4  5.0  4.4   -   5.4
LUNRO  6.6  1.0   -    -    -    -    -   7.1   -    -    -    -    -   5.3  5.0
MOLSI   -   2.1  0.3   -    -    -    -   2.6  3.2  2.9  3.6  2.6  0.3   -   4.8
       0.6  2.8   -   1.7  2.8   -    -   3.6  5.2  3.9   -   1.7   -    -   5.9
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.8
SPEUL   -    -   3.2   -    -    -   3.7  1.5   -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STOEN   -    -   4.8   -    -    -   1.3  4.9   -   4.7  4.8  5.0   -   5.0   -
STRJO   -    -    -    -    -   0.5  2.0  2.5  1.0   -   2.8   -    -    -   2.7
TRIMI  3.2  5.2  1.0  2.8  1.8  4.7  4.5  2.2  6.0  6.2  6.2  4.2  3.7   -   6.2
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Sum   19.4 12.3 18.2 10.9  6.6 18.6 20.1 35.5 19.9 33.1 36.2 29.8 11.2 10.3 51.8


3. Results (Meteors)
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June   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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CASFL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
ELTRI   -    -    -    -    -    -    5    -   23    -    -   23    -    -    -
EVAST   6    8    3    8    6    -    3    8    8    2    -    -    -    -    -
HINWO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
KACJA   -    -    -    -    -    -   11    5    1    -    7    5    1    2    -
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    2   11    -   10   14
LUNRO  22    -   13   25    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    8   23    8
MOLSI  37    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   31   17   43   39   54
        8    3    1    2    6   20   17    8    7   13   13   13   10   11    5
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
SPEUL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STOEN   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   22    -    -   10
STRJO   -    6    3    4    -    -    3    9    2    7    7    8   10    -    -
TRIMI   6    -    3    3    -    6    6    3    1    -    9   15    5    7   11
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Sum    79   17   23   42   12   26   45   33   42   22   69  114   77   92  102

June   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30
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CASFL   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    6    -    3   13    7    -    -   -9
ELTRI   -    -   13    -    -    -    -   15    -    -   11   28    -    -    -
EVAST   2    -    -    -    -    8   11    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    9
HINWO   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   14
KACJA   -    1    1    3    -    5    -    -    -    5    2    8    3    -    1
        5    -    3   10    2   12   13    -    9   16   21   31   18    -   25
LUNRO  29    2    -    -    -    -    -   39    -    -    -    -    -   22   17
MOLSI   -   18    3    -    -    -    -   32   28   44   42   47    2    -   85
        4    3    -    1    1    -    -   11    2    6    -   10    -    -   15
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   20
SPEUL   -    -    8    -    -    -    7    1    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
STOEN   -    -    7    -    -    -    2    9    -   14    8   24    -   28    -
STRJO   -    -    -    -    -    1    8    5    3    -    5    -    -    -    5
TRIMI   2   11    1    5    1    7    8    2   13   11   14    8    5    -   14
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Sum    42   35   36   19    4   33   49  120   55   99  116  163   28   50  214

Sirko Molau, 2006/07/17