(meteorobs) VANMC 08-09 August

Michel Vandeputte michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 18 10:41:17 EDT 2005


Day : 08-09  Month : August     Year : 2005 
begin : 00.12 UT    End : 03.00 UT
Location : Ellezelles    Country : Belgium   long. 3.38  E    lat 50.43 N - alt 120 m
Observer : Michel Vandeputte    IMO code : VANMC
Method :  Visual observations - tape recorder. 


Observed Showers : 

Perseids  : alfa 42° / delta : +58°
Southern Aquarids : alfa 348° / delta ; -13°
Northern Aquarids : alfa 334° / delta : -05°
Capricornids : alfa : 319° / delta : -06°
Kappa Cygnids : alfa : 284° / delta ; +58°
Southern iota aquarids : alfa : 338° / delta : -14°

Interval analyse 

Periods    Teff        F        Lm            PER    AQR    KCG   CAP    SPOR

00.12-01.12    1.00    1.00    6.70    20        4        0        0        17
01.12-02.12    1.00    1.00    6.70    21        2        1        0        17
02.12-03.00    0.80    1.00    6.62    12        0        0        0        16

00.12-03.00    2.80                            53        6        1        0        50 = 110.

                  
                            
Magnitude distributions

PER   -1(1)+0(2)+1(6)+2(6)+3(16)+4(13)+5(8) mean 2.94 N~ : 16
KCG   +0(0)+1(1)+2(0)+3(0)+4(0)+5(0) mean 1.00 N~ : 0
AQR   +0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(3)+4(2)+5(0) mean 3.17 N~ : 1
SPOR -1(1)+0(1)+1(1)+2(3)+3(9)+4(23)+5(12) mean 3.70 N ~ : 5

Summary night

Teff : 2.80 h
total meteors : 110
Perseids : 53
Aquarids : 6
Capricornids : 0
Kappa Cygnids : 1
Sporadics : 50

Remarks

Nice but short observing session. Very good conditions for my observing place near my home town. 

Kind regards,

Michel Vandeputte
VVS Belgium meteor section
Dutch Meteor Society





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