Visual meteor rate data for the year 2015.
rate2015
A data frame with 27408 observations on the following 21 variables.
Rate.ID
numeric Rate ID number
Obs.Session.ID
numeric Observing session ID number
User.ID
numeric User ID number
First.Name
character Observer's first name
Last.Name
character Observer's last name
City
character Observing site
Country
character Observing country
Latitude
numeric Latitude of the observing site, from -90 to 90 degrees
Longitude
numeric Longitude of the observing site, from -180 to 180 degrees
Elevation
numeric Elevation above sea level of observing site, in metres
Start.Date
POSIXct Beginning of the observing time interval, UTC timezone
End.Date
POSIXct End of the observing time interval, UTC timezone
Sollong
numeric Solar longitude of the middle of observing time period
Ra
numeric Right ascension of the center of the field of view, from 0 to 360 degrees
Decl
numeric Declination of the center of the field of view, from -90 to 90 degrees
Teff
numeric Effective observing time
P
numeric Percentage of field-of-view obstruction
F
numeric Correction factor for field-of-view obstruction
Lmg
numeric Limiting magnitude
Shower
character Meteor shower three-letter code
Number
numeric Number of meteors belonging to the observed shower