September 2024 report CAMS-BeNeLux

Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS-BeNeLux network during the month of September 2024 is presented. This month was good for 32379 multi-station meteors resulting in 9921 orbits.

Introduction

Sporadic meteor activity in September is already fairly high. Major meteor streams are absent this month, but nevertheless September can be very enjoyable for meteor observers due to this sporadic activity.

September 2024 statistics

The weather in September was very changeable. This month ended with the rare combination of both sunshine and amount of rain above average. As a result, our network could record some wonderful nights and also a few nights with only a meager result.

Thanks to the expansion of our network with some stations in the UK last month, not a single night passed without any result. The worst case was September 25–26, when only three orbits could be collected with 118 cameras active this night.

Thanks to very clear nights in the period September 11–15 and September 28, the number of collected orbits in these nights got above 700, with up to 884 during September
28–29. Like in 2023 this month got only five nights with less than 100 orbits collected.

CAMS-BeNeLux collected data of 32379 multi-multaneous meteors from all stations. As a result, a total of 9221 orbits was collected. The second-best result for a September month so far. 53.6% of all orbits were captured from more than two stations. This percentage is lower than last months.

An extra RMS camera has been installed this month by Erwin van Ballegoij at Heesch (Netherlands). This camera gives a better coverage for the northwestern parts of the Netherlands and the adjacent parts of the North Sea.

On average 121 cameras were active every night. At least 112 cameras and at most 128 cameras were active this month (Figure 1 and Table 1).

Figure 1 – Comparing September 2024 to previous months of September 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 September in the period 2012–2024.

Conclusion

The month of September 2024 managed to generate a high number of orbits for a September month, partly thanks to some very clear nights and the substantial expansion towards the UK since last month.

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 September 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), Pierre de Ponthiere (Lesve, Belgium, RMS 3816 and 3826), Bart Dessoy (Zoersel, Belgium, Watec 398, 805 and 806 and RMS 3827), 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, 3162, 3163, 3164, 3165, 3166 and 3167), 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), Holger Pedersen (Otterup, Denmark, RMS 3501), Eduardo Fernandez del Peloso (Ludwigshafen, Germany, RMS 3805), Tim Polfliet (Gent, Belgium, Watec 396, RMS 3820 and 3840, 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).