February is usually a slow month for meteor watchers. There are no major showers active and even the background rate of sporadic meteors is near a seasonal low. Combine that with an active weather pattern in the US Southwest and the observed rates of meteors for my 2 meteor cameras have been rather low.
Bob’s notes from Feb 12/13: “Totally clear tonight. The hours prior to 2am (10 UT) were very slow with hardly any activity being recorded.”
… the night of Feb 11/12: “Clouds interfered with tonight’s session, reducing counts by 2/3rds.”
… the night of Feb 10/11: “I only recorded two meteors on February 9th before the skies clouded over. The 10th was a total loss. Tonight was a typical February night with a total number of meteors in the 30’s.”
… the night of Feb 9/10: “I only recorded two meteors on February 9th before the skies clouded over. The 10th was a total loss. Tonight was a typical February night with a total number of meteors in the 30’s.”
… the night of Feb 8/9: “The last four nights were lost due to clouds and rain. Tonight was mostly clear,
with a few drifting clouds, allowing the camera to operate again.”
… the night of Feb 3/4: “Last night was lost to clouds but tonight was perfectly clear. Rates were double tonight compared to recent sessions but only half that seen last month. Rates should improve slightly once the moon becomes less of a factor.”
… the night of Feb 1/2: “The last two nights were mostly cloudy and only a couple of meteors were seen each night. Tonight was a bit better but the bright moon is still a major factor, reducing the number of meteors seen.”
… the night of Jan 29/30: “No clouds tonight but a bright moon still severely hampered observations.”
… and the night of Jan 28/29: “Thick cirrus clouds and a full moon were a bad combination tonight. The highlight of the night was the capture of an Alpha Centaurid meteor.”
Obs Date(UT) Time TOT SPO ANT DLM ACE PIH BHE TUS 2010-02-13 11h 00m 11 10 0 - - - 1 SDG 2010-02-13 10h 38m 32 30 2 - - - 0 TUS 2010-02-12 11h 14m 13 9 0 - - - 3 SDG 2010-02-12 07h 39m 10 9 0 - - - 1 TUS 2010-02-11 00h 35m 1 1 0 - - - 0 SDG 2010-02-11 10h 14m 36 29 5 - - - 2 TUS 2010-02-10 10h 30m 6 5 1 - - - 0 SDG 2010-02-10 00h 00m Bad Weather - No Meteors TUS 2010-02-09 11h 28m 25 20 3 - - - - SDG 2010-02-09 --h --m 2 - - - - - - TUS 2010-02-08 09h 51m 19 15 2 - - 2 - SDG 2010-02-08 10h 07m 28 25 2 - - 1 - TUS 2010-02-07 00h 00m Bad Weather - No Meteors TUS 2010-02-06 11h 33m 18 14 0 - 0 4 - TUS 2010-02-05 09h 51m 21 19 1 - 0 0 - TUS 2010-02-04 00h 24m 2 2 0 0 0 - - SDG 2010-02-04 06h 45m 25 20 4 1 0 - - TUS 2010-02-03 00h 00m Bad Weather - No Meteors TUS 2010-02-02 08h 44m 3 3 0 0 0 - - SDG 2010-02-02 06h 30m 8 7 0 0 1 - - TUS 2010-02-01 09h 34m 3 3 0 0 0 - - TUS 2010-01-30 08h 10m 4 3 0 0 0 - - SDG 2010-01-30 07h 17m 13 11 1 1 0 TUS 2010-01-29 00h 00m Bad Weather - No Meteors SDG 2010-01-29 10h 53m 12 10 0 1 1 - - 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 DLM - December Leonis Minorids ACE - Alpha Centaurids PIH - Pi Hydrids BHE - Beta Herculids
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 