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[[File:AGOModra Leonids98.jpg|thumb|right|All-sky view of the 1998 [[Leonids]] shower. 156 meteors were captured in this 4 hour image.]]
In [[astronomy]], the '''Zenithal Hourly Rate''' ('''ZHR''') of a [[meteor shower]] is the number of meteors a single observer would see in one hour under a clear, dark sky (limiting [[apparent magnitude]] of 6.5) if the [[Radiant (meteor shower)|radiant]] of the shower were at the [[zenith]].  The rate that can effectively be seen is nearly always lower and decreases the closer the radiant is to the [[horizon]].
 
The formula to calculate the ZHR is:
 
<math> ZHR = \cfrac{\overline{HR} \cdot F \cdot r^{6.5-lm}}{\sin(hR)} </math>
 
where
 
<math>\overline{HR} = \cfrac{N}{T_{eff}} </math>
 
represents the hourly rate of the observer.  N is the number of meteors observed, and T<sub>eff</sub> is the effective observation time of the observer.
 
Example: If the observer detected 12 meteors in 15 minutes, their hourly rate was 48. (12 divided by 0.25 hours).
 
<math> F = \cfrac{1}{1-k}</math>
 
This represents the field of view correction factor, where k is the percentage of the observer's field of view which is obstructed (by clouds, for example).
 
Example: If 20% of the observer's field of view were covered by clouds, k would be 0.2 and F would be 1.25. The observer should have seen 25% more meteors, therefore we multiply by F = 1.25.
 
<math> r^{6.5-lm} </math>
 
This represents the limiting magnitude correction factor. For every change of 1 magnitude in the limiting magnitude of the observer, the number of meteors observed changes by a factor of r. Therefore we must take this into account.
 
Example: If r is 2, and the observer's limiting magnitude is 5.5, we will have to multiply their hourly rate by 2 (2 to the power 6.5-5.5), to know how many meteors they would have seen if their limiting magnitude was 6.5.
 
<math> \sin(hR) </math>
 
This represents the correction factor for altitude of the radiant above the horizon (hR). The number of meteors seen by an observer changes as the sine of the radiant height in radians.
 
Example: If the radiant was at an average altitude of 30&deg; during the observation period, we will have to divide the observer's hourly rate by 0.5 (sin 30&deg;) to know how many meteors they would have seen if the radiant was at the zenith.
 
==See also==
*[[List of meteor showers]]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.namnmeteors.org/guidechap8.html North American Meteor Network] (NAMN)
 
[[Category:Meteoroids]]
[[Category:Observational astronomy]]

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