Visual meteor rate data for the year 2008.
rate08A data frame with 1178 observations on the following 30 variables.
IMOcodefactor IMO observer code
sitecodenumeric IMO site code
longnumeric Longitude of the observing site in degrees
EWfactor East (E) or west (W) position from the prime meridian
latnumeric Latitude of the observing site in degrees
NSfactor North (N) or south (S) position from the equator
daynumeric Day of the month
monthnumeric Month of the year
yearnumeric Year 2008
startnumeric Beginning of the observing time period
stopnumeric End of the observing time period
sollongnumeric Solar longitude of the middle of observing time period
fovRAnumeric Right ascension of the center of the field of view
fovDECnumeric Declination of the center of the field of view
Teffnumeric Effective observing time
Fnumeric Correction factor for field-of-view obstruction
lmgnumeric Limiting magnitude
SPOnumeric Number of observed sporadics
Shw1factor Abbreviation of the first shower
N1numeric Number of meteors belonging to the first shower
Shw2factor Abbreviation of the second shower
N2numeric Number of meteors belonging to the second shower
Shw3factor Abbreviation of the third shower
N3numeric Number of meteors belonging to the third shower
Shw4factor Abbreviation of the forth shower
N4numeric Number of meteors belonging to the forth shower
Shw5factor Abbreviation of the fifth shower
N5numeric Number of meteors belonging to the fifth shower
Shw6factor Abbreviation of the 6th shower
N6numeric Number of meteors belonging to the 6th shower