The sky was clear the entire night. Meteor totals were slightly better than expected. Shower activity was nearly totally absent though. Plots reveal a tight radiant near 10:30 (157) -12 that produced five meteors. This position lies on the Hydra/Sextans border.
Bob Lunsford
February 4, 2011
0257-0400 UT Teff 1.05 FOV 085 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 01 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH - DLE --
0400-0500 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 100 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 01 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH - DLE --
0500-0600 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 115 +50 TOTAL 03 SPO 03 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH - DLE --
0600-0700 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 130 +50 TOTAL 01 SPO 01 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH - DLE 00
0700-0800 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 145 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 04 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH - DLE 00
0800-0900 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 160 +50 TOTAL 05 SPO 05 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH 00 DLE 00
0900-1000 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 175 +50 TOTAL 07 SPO 06 ANT 01 ACE -- PIH 00 DLE 00
1000-1100 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 190 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 04 ANT 00 ACE -- PIH 00 DLE 00
1100-1200 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 205 +50 TOTAL 05 SPO 04 ANT 00 ACE 00 PIH 00 DLE 01
1200-1300 UT Teff 1.00 FOV 220 +50 TOTAL 04 SPO 04 ANT 00 ACE 00 PIH 00 DLE 00
1300-1346 UT Teff 0.77 FOV 230 +50 TOTAL 03 SPO 03 ANT 00 ACE 00 PIH 00 DLE 00
Teff 10.82 TOTAL METEORS 38 SPO 36 ANT 01 ACE 00 DLE 01 PIH 00
The moon was not visible during this session
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
PIH = Pi Hydrids