Jan 12/13 Meteors

Carl Hergenrother

From Bob’s notes: “Rates were much the same as the previous night. There was an increase in activity from the Coma Berenicids offset by slightly lower sporadic rates.”

In Tucson, the rates were exactly the same as the previous night.

Obs  Date (UT)   TotTime TOT SPO ANT COM
TUS  2009-01-13  12h 02m  14  13  0   1
SDG  2009-01-13  09h 30m  32  22  4   6

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
COM – Coma Berenicids

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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.