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(meteorobs) AKM Video Observation Results 02/00



Results of the AKM Video Meteor Network - February 2000
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February was neither cold nor especially cooperative with the meteor observers
in Germany. The statistics would have looked quite poor if there had not been 
at least a few clear nights at the end of the month. 
The relatively large number of observing nights is a little misleading, since
in many nights observations were hampered by drifting clouds or could only
be carried out for a few minutes in the evening. In addition, this is the
time of the annual minimum of sporadic activity and the complete absence of 
major meteor showers, which is why we recorded only about two third as many
meteors as in January.
Video observations from the beginning of the months helped to reveal the true
nature of a minor meteor shower, on the other hand. The xi-Bootids had been
reported by a number of visual observers before, but were not yet included
in IMO's working list. More information on that can be found in the next 
issue of WGN.


1. Observers
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Code     Name      Place          Camera       FOV     LM  Nights  Time Meteors
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MOLSI  Molau    Aachen        AVIS (2.0/35)   40 deg  5 mag   9   60.6 h  202
NITMI  Nitschke Dresden       VK1 (0.75/50)   20 deg  7 mag   2   14.1 h   52
RENJU  Rendtel  Marquardt     CARMEN (1.8/28) 28 deg  5 mag  13   62.4 h  137  
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Overall                                                      16  137.1 h  391  


2. Observing Times (h)
======================
Feb    01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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MOLSI   -   9.9   -    -    -    -    -    -    -   4.0 11.9   -   1.4   -    -
NITMI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   9.1   -    -    -    -
RENJU   -    -   7.8   -   9.9  4.6   -   1.0   -    -   9.2  0.8  0.5   -    -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum     -   9.9  7.8   -   9.9  4.6   -   1.0   -   4.0 30.2  0.8  1.9   -    -

Feb    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOLSI   -    -    -    -   6.9   -    -    -    -  10.7  7.5  1.2  7.1   -
NITMI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   5.0   -    -
RENJU  9.2   -    -    -    -   1.7   -    -    -   3.2  6.0  6.4  2.1   -
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Sum    9.2   -    -    -   6.9  1.7   -    -    -  13.9 13.5 12.6  9.2   -


3. Results (Meteors)
====================

Feb    01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
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MOLSI   -   18    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   22   46    -    5    -    -
NITMI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   33    -    -    -    -
RENJU   -    -   19    -   19    4    -    7    -    -   24    1    1    -    -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum     -   18   19    -   19    4    -    7    -   22  103    1    6    -    -

Feb    16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29 
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MOLSI   -    -    -    -   19    -    -    -    -   44   31    2   15    -    
NITMI   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -   19    -    -
RENJU  18    -    -    -    -    4    -    -    -    2   20   15    3    -
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum    18    -    -    -   19    4    -    -    -   46   51   36   18    -


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