Feb 15/16/17/18 Meteors

Carl Hergenrother

The last few nights have been hit or miss in Tucson due to a few passing storm systems. Unfortunately the clouds didn’t bring any rain. Activity is still low which is typical for this time of year.

From Bob’s notes: “After a few days of wild weather in southern California, skies have again cleared. I had a very short session this morning with nothing exciting happening. The waning crescent moon in among the stars of Scorpius this morning was impressive.”

Obs  Date (UT)   TotTime TOT SPO ANT DLE
TUS  2009-02-18  04h 43m  6   5   1   0
SDG  2009-02-18  01h 45m  6   6   0   0
TUS  2009-02-17  06h 07m  5   4   1   0
TUS  2009-02-16  06h 15m  10  10  0   0

TUS – Camera in Tucson operated by Carl Hergenrother
SDG – Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford
TotTime – Total amount of time each camera looked for meteors
TOT – Total number of meteors detected
SPO – Sporadics (meteors not affiliated with any particular meteor shower)
ANT – Antihelions
DLE – Delta Leonids

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I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.