Category: Reports
May 2020 report CAMS BeNeLux
Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the month of May 2020 is presented. 18592 meteors were detected of which 11584 were multiple station which resulted in 3226 orbits during 29 nights with a...
Read MoreApril 2020 report CAMS BeNeLux
Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the month of April 2020 is presented. 4128 orbits were collected during 29 nights with a maximum of 94 operational cameras at 25 different CAMS stations....
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Meteor observations during the low season of meteors
Introduction The months of January and February 2020 will enter into the books as cloudy and rainy...
Read MoreRadio meteors in April 2020
An overview of the radio observations during April 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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Geminids 2019 under a moonlit sky
AbstractWith a Full Moon on December 12 moonlight would be present all night during the Geminid...
Read MoreBrief Northbound meteor looking West from Mumbai, India.
The big, crammed city meteor enthusiast without an East facing apartment to capture the Lyrids,...
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Lyrids 2020 – Visual observation report from Norway
In the period from April 15. to April 21. 2020, the author was able to observe the Lyrids under almost perfectly clear skies for 7 nights in a row. This gave a unique opportunity to observe the ascending phase of Lyrid activity this year. A total of 186 meteors were observed visually, among these 44 Lyrids, in a total of 21,95 hours. Lyrid activity were detected from April 15 – 16 onwards, with less than one meteor an hour towards April 18 – 19. From April 19 – 20, a slight increase in rates were observed, continuing to increase in the night of April 20 – 21 towards the maximum. The highest rates were observed in a short 40-minute period between 22:58 and 23:38 on April 21 – 22, with 9 Lyrids observed. Rates then started to decline towards morning twilight on April 22.
Read More2020 1st Quarter Report, CAMS Florida
This report summarizes CAMS Florida activity during January 1 – March 31, 2020. UFOOrbit was used to generate the summary data from the detection files produced each night using CAMS 2.0 software.
Read MoreObserving experiences with radio meteors
A description is given of the observing method and the different applications of the radio observations made at the Venice Planetarium in Italy. 1 Introduction Radio observations of meteors entering the atmosphere can...
Read MoreMarch 2020 report CAMS BeNeLux
A summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the month of March 2020 is presented. 17983 meteors were reported of which 10301 were multiple station events, good for 3026 orbits, collected with a maximum of 93...
Read MoreRadio meteors in March 2020
An overview of the radio observations during March 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 MoreFebruary 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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July 2020 issue
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