(meteorobs) 2005 Quadrantids

[bmccurdy at telusplanet.net]

Quoting Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>:

> The weather for Southern California does not appear promising so I hope that
> there are others who can try to view this activity on Monday morning.

   That's five a.m on the first Monday in January, right? How inviting. I am 
just about perverse enough to rise to the challenge. Indeed, I have every 
intention of being out there if at all possible. That said, at at the moment 
here in Edmonton it's minus 22 Celsius with a 15 k north wind, heavy overcast 
yielding light snow. By Sunday it's supposed to warm up to minus 16 or so with 
some breaks in the clouds. So I'll be out there if I can, I really enjoyed the 
Quads in 2003. 

   Just a reminder to those of you 'overnighters' on the list, to watch for 
the pair of inferior planets rising together low in the southeast. Mercury and 
Venus will stay within a degree or so for almost three weeks, a marathon by 
Mercury's normal fleeting standards. Might make a nice background for anybody 
doing meteor photography. 

   regards, Bruce