The usual low February rates continue. Well with the exception of the night of Feb 6/7 when SALSA3 caught twice as many meteors relative to the other nights. I should probably take another look at that data to make sure everything’s valid.
Below is Bob’s excellent nightly commentary to go with his observations:::
Jan 31/Feb 1 – “I lost two nights due to clouds and rain. The day of February 1st was partly cloudy but the sky had totally cleared by sunset. Unfortunately there were clouds off the coast which arrived after sunset preventing me from recording any activity prior to 10:20 PST. It remained clear until 00:20 when another patch of clouds obscured the sky. This lasted until 01:30, when it finally cleared for the remainder of the night. Although it was clear during the time the ACE radiant was above the horizon, no activity from that radiant was recorded this morning. Totals from the other sources of activity were compromised due to clouds.”
Feb 5/6 – “The weather conditions continue to deteriorate as a front passes to the north. The evening hours had patches of low clouds interfering with observations, especially between 6-8UT (10pm-12am PST). After 10UT (2am PST) the sky became completely overcast and observations were stopped. Only five meteors were recorded, nothing noteworthy.”
Feb 6/7 – “Contrary to the weather forecast, the sky remained clear the entire night. Despite the favorable conditions, meteor totals were unimpressive. We have lost the Alpha Centaurids from this site as the radiant does not now clear the southern horizon.”
Feb 7/8 – “Clouds were a problem tonight. The the sky was clear from dusk to 2000 (8pm PST). After 2000, clouds interfered with observing until 2300 (11pm PST), when skies cleared again. It remained clear until 0130, when it became totally overcast and remained that way the remainder of the night. Of the 14 meteors recorded, only one was associated with a shower (Antihelion). Plots did not reveal any other possible radiants.”
Obs Date(UT) Time TOT SPO ANT ACE PIH SAL3 2011-02-10 11h 27m 11 11 0 - - ALLS 2011-02-10 10h 42m 3 3 0 - - SAL3 2011-02-09 11h 28m 12 12 0 - - ALLS 2011-02-09 11h 57m 5 5 0 - - HERM 2011-02-09 09h 55m 8 7 1 - - SAL3 2011-02-08 11h 30m 12 10 2 - 0 ALLS 2011-02-08 11h 59m 6 6 0 - 0 SDG 2011-02-08 06h 38m 14 13 1 - 0 HERM 2011-02-08 08h 20m 13 12 0 - 1 SAL3 2011-02-07 11h 31m 8 7 1 - 0 ALLS 2011-02-07 11h 52m 9 8 0 - 1 SDG 2011-02-07 09h 53m 26 22 4 - 0 HERM 2011-02-07 11h 05m 6 6 0 - 0 SAL3 2011-02-06 11h 33m 14 13 1 0 0 ALLS 2011-02-06 12h 02m 8 7 1 0 0 SDG 2011-02-06 07h 37m 5 4 1 0 0 SAL3 - SALSA3 camera in Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) ALLS - Near all-sky camera in Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) VIST - Visual observations from Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) VISH - Visual observations from Hermosillo (Salvador Aguirre) HERM - PARENI camera in Hermosillo (Salvador Aguirre) SDG - Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford Time - 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 ACE - Alpha Centaurids PIH - Pi Hydrids
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 