(meteorobs) Hartley-id analysis

[Chris Peterson]

I reviewed my allsky video data for 28-Oct to 3-Nov and find no evidence of 
any activity near the suggested radiant. The total analyzed population was 
158 meteors. I assumed a 10° radiant diameter centered on 298°, +30°, which 
resulted in 4 otherwise sporadic meteors being identified as HAR. As a 
control I shifted the radiant center 20° in all directions, in 10° 
increments. The re-identified sporadics always numbered 3-6.

I also compared the intersections of every meteor to every other, and no 
meteor groupings of three or more shared a common radiant within 10° of the 
assumed HAR radiant.

Finally, none of the meteors with possible radiants near 298°, +30° were 
slower than 28 km/s (estimated single station velocities using the assumed 
radiant), and the calculated velocities show a wide spread.

My conclusion is that there was no detectable HAR activity at all in the 
last week when considering meteors of mag 2 or brighter.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com