(meteorobs) Real-time Draconid flux display successful!

[sirko at molau.de]

Folks,

the real-time flux display of the Draconids

http://www.imonet.org/draconids

was a big success. First we had to fight with some parameter settings, 
but during the outburst you could follow the activity profile in real 
time. This was in particular thanks to four observers who happened to 
have clear skies with their cameras, and uploaded their data online:

B. Brinkmann (Germany) with KLEMOI
J. Kac (Slovenia) with ORION1
M. Govedic (Slovenia) with ORION2
R. Goncalves (Portugal) with TEMPLAR3

According to the first data, highest activity occured right after 20 UT 
with a peak flux density of 150 meteoroids per 1000 square kilometers 
and hours @ 6.5 mag. This translates to a peak ZHR of about 800, using a 
formula of Koschack & Rendtel 1990. However, we know from past showers 
that this is typical about twice the visual ZHR, so we would estimate 
the peak visual ZHR to roughly 400. That matches well to first visual 
results presented at

http://www.imo.net

You may expect more precise data in the coming days, when data from 
further video cameras are uploaded offline.

A big thank to all observers, and in particular to Geert Barentsen, who 
made this experiment such a success.

Best wishes,
Sirko

PS: Escaping the clouds after a 700 km ride to north-east Germany, I 
watched the peak under clear skies together with my nephew, Jürgen 
Rendtel and Frank Enzlein near Gardelegen, and could record the peak 
with my mobile video equipment. It was big fun! :)

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