Video Meteor Observations from Southern California 2011-01-27 UT

The sky was clear the entire night. Rates were slow until 11UT (3:00am PST) when sporadic activity really took off. Shower rates
remained below one per hour which is normal on this date for this camera setup. While examining the automatic generated plots, it
was apparent that four meteors formed a tight radiant near Alphard (Alpha Hydrae). Three were also noticed from a diffuse radiant in
Sextans. Finally, four meteors again formed a tight radiant south of Corvus. These are most likely chance alignments but they should
be watched now and this time next year for any signs of annual activity.

Bob Lunsford

January 27, 2011

0251-0400 UT Teff 1.15 FOV 080 +50 TOTAL 00 SPO 00 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE --
0400-0500 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 095 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 00 ANT 01 GUM 00 DLE --
0500-0600 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 110 +50 TOTAL 00 SPO 00 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE --
0600-0700 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 125 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 00 ANT 01 GUM 00 DLE 00
0700-0800 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 140 +50 TOTAL 02 SPO 02 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE 00
0800-0900 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 155 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 02 ANT 02 GUM 00 DLE 00
0900-1000 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 170 +50 TOTAL 05 SPO 05 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE 00
1000-1100 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 185 +50 TOTAL 05 SPO 03 ANT 01 GUM 00 DLE 01
1100-1200 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 200 +50 TOTAL 12 SPO 10 ANT 01 GUM 00 DLE 01
1200-1300 UT Teff 1.45 FOV 220 +50 TOTAL 16 SPO 16 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE 00
1300-1349 UT Teff 0.82 FOV 230 +50 TOTAL 06 SPO 05 ANT 00 GUM 00 DLE 01

TOTALS Teff 10.63 TOTAL 52 SPO 43 ANT 06 GUM 00 DLE 03

Moonrise: 09:16 (-0.40%)

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
ANT = Antihelions
GUM = Gamma Ursa Minorids
DLE = December Leonis Minorids