(meteorobs) I watched Quadrantids on the ground while astronomers saw the meteor shower in the air

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The updated time from the Set MAC mission is 0400 UT.
The IMO peak time is ~ 0430, except for a spurious obs on the 5th.

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From: KCStarguy at aol.com 

> I watched the Quadrantid meteor shower on the ground in Olathe, KS (1/4/08) 
> while astronomers saw the meteor shower in the air. 
> 
> At 11:00 it was cloudy here in Olathe so I went to sleep and woke up at 5:30 
> and went out in my sleeping bag near my house. It was clear, a little hazy. 
> 
> I saw 6 meteors that hour several nice Quadrantid fireballs and a possible 
> stationary one during the morning hours 5:30-6:30. 
> The stationary one was like a -2 fireball little meteor with no discernable 
> tail at all. It just looked like a little blip of bright -2 yellow light that 
> almost looked like a ;ight clicked on and off . 
> I don't think it was a iridium flare so I was a little puzzled. But it was in 
> the right place near the Quadrantid radiant. 
> 
> (Last time I saw a stationary meteor was a lime green Perseid fireball while 
> I watched In Providence RI in the 60's . It was like a expanding lime green 
> flash that got 0.5 size of full moon and then faded out. Looked like a Star Trek 
> fireball weapon) 
> 
> so I was able to see the Perseids, Aurigids, Orionids, Leonids, Geminids 
> and Quadrantids. Not bad 
> 
> More from those high flying team of astronomers (below) 
> Meanwhile 2008 Quadrantid meteor shower peaked around 0200 UTC on Friday, 
> Jan. 4th. That is the initial report from astronomers who flew a research 
> airplane north of the Arctic Circle for an uninterrupted view of the shower. The 
> team, led by Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute, witnessed many bright 
> Quadrantids among an "amazing display" of aurora borealis; this is a typical 
> view 
> through the starboard window: 
> 
> http://quadrantid.seti.org/ 
> http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/quadrantids/quadrantids.html 
> comet was seen in 1490 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids 
> 
> very nice list ing of meteor showers 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_meteor_showers 
> 
> Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy at aol.com), Olathe, KS: Lat 38.834, Lon -94.778: 
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