French Meteor Observing Network - REseau Français d'ObseRvation de MEtéores (REFORME)

January 2009 naked eye observations

January 3rd to 4th, 2009 night

Jens Lacorne (LACJE)

Night : 01/03-04/2009

Beginning : 01/04/2009, 03h 20' UT ; End : 01/04/2009, 05h 21' UT

Observing site : lat. = 43° 07' 36" N ; lon. = 06° 09' 04" E, Hyères, Var (83)

Observed showers :

Shower alpha delta
ANT 116° +20°
AHY 126° -09°
COM 175° +25°
QUA 230° +49°

Meteor counts :

Period alpha_FOV delta_FOV Teff F lm ANT AHY COM QUA SPO
UT degrees degrees h M N M N M N M N M N
0320-0357 240 +60 0.57 1.2 4.62 P 0 P 0 P 1 P 0 P 0
0357-0437 240 +60 0.62 1.2 4.86 P 0 P 0 P 0 P 0 P 1
0437-0521 240 +60 0.63 1.2 4.86 P 1 P 0 P 0 P 1 P 0

Magnitude distribution :

Shower -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Total
ANT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
COM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
QUA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
SPO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

January 4th to 5th, 2009 night

Karl Antier (ANTKA)

Night : 01/04-05/2009

Beginning : 01/05/2009, 03h 10' UT ; End : 01/05/2009, 04h 43' UT

Observing site : lat. = 43° 49' 27" N ; lon. = 05° 56' 32" E, Valensole, Alpes de Haute-Provence (04)

Observed showers :

Shower alpha delta
ANT 117° +20°
CBE 170° +26°
COM 177° +25°
QUA 230° +49°

Meteor counts :

Period alpha_FOV delta_FOV Teff F lm ANT CBE COM QUA SPO
UT degrees degrees h M N M N M N M N M N
0310-0337 150 +48 0.32 1.0 6.37 P 0 P 2 P 1 P 1 P 2
0346-0401 150 +48 0.23 1.0 4.60 P 0 P 0 P 0 P 0 P 4
0401-0443 150 +48 0.55 1.0 6.20 P 0 P 1 P 0 P 0 P 8

Magnitude distribution :

Shower -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Total
ANT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
COM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 1
QUA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
SPO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 2 2 4.5 3.5 0.5 0 0 14

Comments :

The observing session is divided in three parts due to the arrival of a thin layer of cirrus that considerably reduced the lm during a 25 minutes (10' pause + 15' observation under lm +4.6 skies).

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