Category: Reports
February 2020 report CAMS BeNeLux
A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the month February 2020 is presented. This month was severely hampered by bad weather and remained without any single complete clear night. In total 7665 meteors were...
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Four decades of visual work: a lifetime of visual meteor observations
Abstract: December 2019 marks the end of a four-decade long period with visual meteor...
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The Quadrantids in 2019: a great show
Introduction The Quadrantids are always the first active meteor shower of the year. The...
Read MoreRadio meteors in February 2020
An overview of the radio observations during February 2020 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of manually counted...
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The alpha Monocerotid outburst of 22 November 2019: an analysis of the visual data
Introduction In the book Meteorshowers and Their Parent Comets [1] p. 617 Peter Jenniskens...
Read MoreJanuary 2020 report CAMS BeNeLux
Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the month of January 2020 is presented. January 2020 was a typical winter month with mostly unfavorable weather circumstances. 12997 meteors were recorded,...
Read MoreDecember sigma Virginids (DSV) complex
Abstract: The IAU MDC Meteor Shower Database (SD) contains many duplicate entries. The DSV complex is one of these examples and contains DSV#428, EPV#513 and JPV#500. The COM complex and the STA complex are well known and...
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Ursids (URS#015) in 2019
By Paul Roggemans and Carl Johannink Abstract: The United Arab Emirates Camera Network, UACN,...
Read MoreRadio meteors in January 2020
An overview of the radio observations during January 2020 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of manually counted...
Read MoreConfusions in IAUMDC Meteor Shower Database (SD)
Abstract: This study lists the erroneous combinations in the IAUMDC Meteor Shower Database (SD) based on the version of 2018 January 13 20h35m17s. The many erroneous shower maxima may confuse observers and result in more...
Read MoreUsing meteor interarrival times to obtain the rate of the alpha Monocerotid (AMO#246) outburst
CAMS-Florida observes the November 2019 alpha Monocertid (AMO#246) outburst The MeteorNews article dated 6 Nov 2019 by Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens alerted meteor observers to the possibility of a “short-lived outburst” of...
Read MoreAnnual report 2019 CAMS BeNeLux
A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the year 2019 is presented. The year 2019 offered unusual good weather for astronomical observations with many clear nights during the period of April until September....
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