(meteorobs) Aurigid analysis

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Interesting observation Chris.

My video Aurigid counts (submitted Sept. 1st.) agree with your analysis too.

YCSentinel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2007/09/10 14:07
Subject: (meteorobs) Aurigid analysis


> I've had time to more completely analyze my video results from Colorado. 
> Based on data from three cameras (waiting on a fourth), there were two 
> peaks of activity, one at UT 11:20 and the other at 11:35. This reflects 
> some sort of stream structure, whether temporal or spatial isn't yet 
> clear. The corrected peak ZHR works out to around 3000, although I don't 
> know how meaningful that is when peaks are very narrow. Another measure 
> was that the cameras detected about 50 meteors brighter than mag 2 during 
> the one hour of significant activity. I also accurately located the 
> radiant, which was several degrees across and doesn't seem to show any 
> fine structure.
>
> The latest report is posted at 
> http://www.cloudbait.com/science/aurigid2007.html
>
> Chris
>
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