(meteorobs) AMS Video Observations September 1, 2005

[Robert Lunsford]

While viewing on the morning of September 1, I also had the AMS video camera 
running for 3.42 hours. After viewing the tapes I counted a total of 101 
meteors for an average of  29.5 meteors per hour. 63 of these were sporadic. 
I was surprised to see that 21 slow, mostly faint meteors seem to come from 
the area of the Antihelion radiant. That leaves 17 meteors being members of 
the Alpha Aurigid shower. Many of the sporadic meteors seem to radiate from 
either southern Perseus or Taurus. These could be members of the northern 
apex radiant. The overall percentage was 62% SPO,  21% ANT, and 17% AUR. My 
visual percentages for the same morning were: 88% SPO,  2% ANT, and 10% AUR.

The AMS video camera uses an Abex intensifier combined with a Nikon 1.4/50mm 
lens which yields an approximate 60 degree field of view and a limiting 
magnitude of +7.0 under pristine skies.

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford