(meteorobs) Observation January 3/4 2007

[Pierre Martin]

Hello all,

Here's the data report for my Quads observations...

Clear skies!

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario




DATE: January 3/4 2007
BEGIN: 1007 UT (0507 EST)  END: 1111 UT (0611 EST)
OBSERVER: Pierre Martin (MARPI)
LOCATION: Long: -75.063 West; Lat: 45.269 North  Elevation: 300 ft
City & Province: Boundary road, Ontario, CANADA
RECORDING METHOD: talking clock/tape recorder, plotting & cord align
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:________________________________________radiant  
position
		QUA (Quadrantids)________________________15:19 +49
		SPO (sporadics)
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen;  / = shower not observed

PERIOD(UT)__FIELD_____Teff___F______LM_____SPO__QUA

1007-1111___1424+48___1.06___1.18___4.93___0____11

Note: The first column (Period UT) refers to observing periods broken  
down as close as possible to one hour of true observing, in Universal  
Time. The second column (Field) is the area in in the sky where I  
centered my field of view. The third column (TEFF) represents  
effective observing time (corrected for breaks or any time I did not  
spent looking at the sky).  The next column (LM) is the average naked  
eye limiting magnitude, determined by triangle star counts. All  
following columns indicate the number of meteors for each shower  
observed.
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER
______-5__-4__-3__-2__-1___0__+1__+2__+3__+4______AVE

QUA____1___0___0___1___0___0___1___4___3___1_____+1.36

Note: Magnitude -8 is comparable to a quarter moon, magnitude -4 with  
the planet Venus, magnitude -1 with the brightest star Sirius,  
magnitude +2 to +3 with most average naked eye stars and magnitude +6  
to +7 are the faintest stars the naked eye can see under typical dark  
conditions. A meteor of at least magnitude -3 is considered a  
fireball. The above table contains the magnitudes from all observed  
meteors, and the average (last column) for showers.
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SKY OBSCURED (FOV) (UT): 20% clouds from 10:20-10:30, 20% clouds from  
10:40-11:11

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Dead time: None

Breaks (UT): None