[AZ-Observing] Re: Leonids by the Numbers

What you did, counting at smaller time intervals than an hour, is one of
the things I learned from this shower (my counts were at hourly
intervals).  How is the 'total' for the hour calculated?  For example,
for the 12:00-1:00 time interval, 59 does not equal 8+9+22+34 from the
'Observed' column. 

Since I am new to meteor shower observations, I don't know how 'Hourly
Rate Change' and 'Cumulative Hourly Rate' is calculated.  How are they?

Stan

Bill Peters wrote:
> 
>  MST      Observed     Hourly Rate Change     Cumulative Hourly Rate
> 12-12:15 a.m.   8                 32                               32
> 12:19                9                 15                               28
> 12:30                22               71                               44
> 12:45               34 estimate    44                              43
> 12:00-1:00      59 total         100                              59
> 
> 1-1:15              28 estimate  112                           112
> 1:30                  68               160                           136
> 1:45                  113 estimate 180                           151
> 1:00-2:00          166 total        212                         166
>
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