Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS-BeNeLux network during the month of November 2024 is presented. This month we collected a total of 22460 multi-station meteors resulting in 7010 orbits.
Introduction
In November the chances for many clear nights is rather small. A series of clear nights can only exist in special meteorological circumstances. Meteor activity this month, is high, so one can be sure that under good conditions the number of orbits will reach several hundred in one night. Beside the sporadic activity, we also see activity from the major streams Taurids and Leonids. This makes November one of the most interesting months for meteor observing.
November 2024 statistics
At times, November 2024 was indeed a fairly gloomy month. 11 of the first 16 nights had a result in which less than 10% of all cameras were able to capture meteors. From November 6 until November 8 no a single orbit was obtained at all.
Because our network meanwhile covers an area from the eastern parts of England to central Germany, and from the North Sea to central France, these results show that we can speak of a remarkable great clouded area in Europe.
On the other side, some fine clear nights with many orbits could be registered. Especially during the nights November 3–4, 28–29 and November 30–December 1 we could collect more than 700 orbits. On November 29–30, we could collect more than 1200 orbits, a new record for November.
CAMS-BeNeLux captured 22460 multi-station meteors, resulting in 7010 orbits. Compared with other November month this is the highest number of orbits for this month. On average 118 cameras at 48 stations were active during this month.
At least 110 cameras were active each night. The highest number of active cameras was 124 on November 11–12 and November 12–13. This number is significantly higher than last year due to the recent expansion of our network. See Figure 1 and Table 1.
55,6% of all simultaneous orbits were captured by at least 3 stations. In Figure 2 we see a radiant plot of all data captured in the period November 2–4. From this plot we see that the activity of the southern Taurids was nearly equal to the activity of the northern branch of the Taurids, a picture like in 2022.
Figure 1 – Comparing November 2024 to previous months of November in the CAMS-BeNeLux history. The blue bars represent the number of orbits, the red bars the maximum number of cameras capturing in a single night, the green bars the average number of cameras capturing per night and the yellow bars the minimum number of cameras.
Table 1 – Number of orbits and active cameras in CAMS-BeNeLux during the month of November in the period 2012–2024.
| Year | Nights | Orbits | Stations | Max. Cams | Min. Cams | Mean Cams |
|
2012 |
14 | 165 | 6 | 8 | – | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 13 | 142 | 10 | 26 | – | 9.8 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1123 | 14 | 33 | – | 21.1 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1261 | 15 | 47 | 10 | 29.8 |
| 2016 | 24 | 2769 | 19 | 56 | 19 | 42.2 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4182 | 22 | 88 | 57 | 74.2 |
| 2018 | 28 | 6916 | 21 | 85 | 59 | 75.3 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3237 | 20 | 77 | 60 | 71.1 |
| 2020 | 28 | 5441 | 23 | 88 | 57 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4691 | 26 | 86 | 74 | 81.6 |
| 2022 | 29 | 5635 | 31 | 94 | 69 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3991 | 41 | 114 | 87 | 104.7 |
| 2024 | 27 | 7010 | 48 | 124 | 110 | 118.6 |
| Total | 316 | 46563 |
Figure 2 – Radiantplot of all meteor orbits captured between November 2–4, 2024 (1981 orbits, data CAMS-BeNeLux).
Conclusion
The results for November 2024 are the best in the CAMS-BeNeLux history, because of a significant expansion of our network in France, England, and Germany.
Acknowledgement
Many thanks to all participants in the CAMS-BeNeLux network for their dedicated efforts. The CAMS-BeNeLux team was operated by the following volunteers during the month of November 2024:
Stéphane Barré (Colombey-Les-Belles, France, RMS 3907), Hans Betlem (Woold, Netherlands, Watec 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077 and 3078), Jean-Marie Biets (Engelmanshoven, Belgium, Watec 3180, 3181, 3182 and 3183), Ludger Boergerding (Holdorf, Germany, RMS 3801), Günther Boerjan (Assenede, Belgium, RMS 3823), Martin Breukers (Hengelo, Netherlands, Watec 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326 and 327, RMS 319, 328 and 329 ), Jean Brunet (Fontenay le Marmion, France, RMS 3911), Seppe Canonaco (Genk, RMS 3818 and 3819), Steve Carter (Welwyn Garden City, England, RMS 3706), Eduardo Fernandez del Peloso (Ludwigshafen, Germany, RMS 3805), Pierre de Ponthiere (Lesve, Belgium, RMS 3816 and 3826), Bart Dessoy (Zoersel, Belgium, Watec 805 and 806), Jürgen Dörr (Wiesbaden, Germany, RMS 3810, 3811 and 3812), Isabelle Ansseau, Jean-Paul Dumoulin, Dominique Guiot and Christian Wanlin (Grapfontaine, Belgium, Watec 814, 815, RMS 3817, 3843, 3844 and 3845), Miles Eddowes (Reading, England, RMS 3709), Uwe Glässner (Langenfeld, Germany, RMS 3800), Roel Gloudemans (Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands, RMS 3197), Luc Gobin (Mechelen, Belgium, Watec 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893 and 3894), Tioga Gulon (Nancy, France, Watec 3900 and 3901), Tioga Gulon (Chassignolles, France, RMS 3910), Robert Haas (Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands, Watec 3160, 3161, 3163, 3164, 3165 and 3166), Robert Haas (Burlage, Germany, RMS 3803 and 3804), Kees Habraken (Kattendijke, Netherlands, RMS 3780, 3781, 3782 and 3783), Erwin Harkink (Elst, Netherlands, RMS 3191), Nick James (Chelmsford, England, RMS 3710), Carl Johannink (Gronau, Germany, Watec 3100, 3101, 3102), Reinhard Kühn (Flatzby, Germany, RMS 3802), Hervé Lamy (Dourbes, Belgium, Watec 394 and 395, RMS 3825, 3841, 3895, 3896, 3897 and 3898), Hervé Lamy (Humain, Belgium, RMS 3821 and 3828), Hervé Lamy (Ukkel, Belgium, Watec 393 and 817), Hartmut Leiting (Solingen, Germany, RMS 3806), Arnoud Leroy (Gretz-Armainvielliers, France, RMS 3909), Alan Maunder (Catherington, England, RMS 3707-3708), Horst Meyerdierks (Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany, RMS 3807), Koen Miskotte (Ermelo, Netherlands, Watec 3051, 3052, 3053 and 3054), Jamie Olver (Redhill, England, RMS 3705), Pierre-Yves Péchart (Hagnicourt, France, RMS 3902, 3903, 3904, 3905, 3906 and 3908), Tim Polfliet (Gent, Belgium, Watec 396, RMS 3820 and 3840, Tim Polfliet (Grimbergen, Belgium, RMS 3846), Steve Rau (Oostende, Belgium, RMS 3822), Paul and Adriana Roggemans (Mechelen, Belgium, RMS 3830, Watec 3832, 3833, 3834, 3835, 3836 and 3837), Jim Rowe (Eastbourne, England, RMS 3703), Nick Russell (Seaford, England, RMS 3704), Philippe Schaack (Roodt-sur-Syre, Luxemburg, RMS 3952), Romke Schievink (Bruchhausen Vilsen, Germany, RMS 3808 and 3809), Hans Schremmer (Niederkruechten, Germany, Watec 803), Rob Smeenk (Assen, Netherlands, RMS 3190 and 3196), Rob Smeenk (Kalenberg, Netherlands, RMS 3192, 3193, 3194 and 3195), Erwin van Ballegoij (Heesh, Netherlands Watec 3148 and 3149, RMS 3189), Andy Washington (Clapton, England, RMS 3702).
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