(meteorobs) Video Observations from Southern CA on December 13, 2010

[lunro.imo.usa at cox.net]

After working a 13 hour shift I could not stay awake to visually count the Geminids tonight. The video recorder though was on most of the night and recorded the best numbers since the Perseids. I'm off to the Mojave Desert for the next two nights and will post my results when I return.

Bob Lunsford

December 13, 2010

0315-0400 UT    Teff 0.75    FOV 035 +50    TOTAL 03    SPO 01    GEMINIDS 02   OTHERS 00
0400-0500 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 045 +50    TOTAL 11    SPO 02    GEMINIDS 09   OTHERS 00
0500-0600 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 060 +50    TOTAL 08    SPO 00    GEMINIDS 08   OTHERS 00
0600-0700 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 075 +50    TOTAL 27    SPO 02    GEMINIDS 24   OTHERS 01
0700-0800 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 090 +50    TOTAL 21    SPO 01    GEMINIDS 17   OTHERS 03
0800-0900 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 105 +50    TOTAL 40    SPO 04    GEMINIDS 29   OTHERS 07
0900-1000 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 120 +50    TOTAL 24    SPO 03    GEMINIDS 20   OTHERS 01
1000-1100 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 135 +50    TOTAL 30    SPO 08    GEMINIDS 29   OTHERS 03
1100-1200 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 150 +50    TOTAL 31    SPO 09    GEMINIDS 20   OTHERS 02
1200-1300 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 165 +50    TOTAL 33    SPO 06    GEMINIDS 18   OTHERS 09
1300-1343 UT    Teff 0.72    FOV 175 +50    TOTAL 21    SPO 06    GEMINIDS 13   OTHERS 02

TOTALS              Teff 10.47                              TOTAL 241  SPO 42    GEMINIDS 171  OTHERS 28

Moonset: 7:28 (+0.49%)

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
GEM = Geminids
OTHERS = Antihelions, Coma Berenicids, December Alpha Draconids,  December Kappa Draconids, December Leonis Minorids,
                     Monocerotids, Psi Ursa Majorids, Puppid-Velids, Sigma Hydrids