Video Meteor Observations from Southern California 2011-02-01 UT

I lost the previous two nights to a storm system that brought clouds and rain. The evening started out clear but it soon became
overcast, preventing any meteor activity until it cleared around 620 UT (1020 PST). Another patch of clouds obscured the sky between
0820 and 0930 UT. It finally cleared for good after 0930 UT (0130 PST). It must have been somewhat hazy as activity was lower than
expected. Shower activity was almost non-existent including no Alpha Centaurids being recorded.

The forecast appears very promising here for the first week of February.

Bob Lunsford

February 1, 2011

0220-0400 UT Teff 1.67 FOV 070 +50 TOTAL 00 SPO 00 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE --
0400-0500 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 095 +50 TOTAL 00 SPO 00 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE --
0500-0600 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 110 +50 TOTAL 00 SPO 00 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE --
0600-0700 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 125 +50 TOTAL 02 SPO 00 ANT 02 ACE -- DLE 00
0700-0800 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 140 +50 TOTAL 03 SPO 03 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE 00
0800-0900 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 155 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 01 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE 00
0900-1000 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 170 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 01 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE 00
1000-1100 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 185 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 03 ANT 00 ACE -- DLE 01
1100-1200 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 200 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 04 ANT 00 ACE 00 DLE 00
1200-1300 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 220 +50 TOTAL 02 SPO 02 ANT 00 ACE 00 DLE 00
1300-1347 UT Teff 0.78 FOV 230 +50 TOTAL 06 SPO 06 ANT 00 ACE 00 DLE 00

TOTALS Teff 11.45 TOTAL 23 SPO 20 ANT 02 ACE 00 DLE 01

Moonrise: 13:40 (-0.03%)

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
ACE = Alpha Centaurids
DLE = December Leonis Minorids

Thanks for your contribution of meteors.

Regards

My pleasure!

Clear Skies,

Robert Lunsford