(meteorobs) Official Quad report from Alberta
Alister
aling at telus.net
Sun Jan 6 22:03:13 EST 2008
Bruce McCurdy and I observed from approx 07-14Z on the Jan 3-4 max. From
roughly N52 W115. Activity was quite nice, best Quadrantids I have
experienced (lots of cloud and low radiant attempts previously). My best 15
minute bin was 9 Quads from 1200-1215 and the radio was going all night.
Bruce will be submitting his own report shortly I imagine. Captured two
really nice meteors on camera, still need to do the time lapse and stack.
Saw 2 alpha Hydrids, 1 Anthelion, and 5 (!) epsilon Leonids. Also noted,
albeit late, several sporadics (total 5) coming from the head of Draco RA
265 deg, Dec +54 - all medium speed.
Below are my official submissions to the IMO.
Good observing,
Alister.
// Header section
night 2008-01-03/04
begin 2008-01-04 0701
end 2008-01-04 1230
observer "Alister" "Ling"
location 114 47 52 W, 52 54 46 N
site "Alister Ling" "Canada"
reporter "aling at telus.net"
// Shower section
shower QUA 230 +49
shower COM 177 +25
shower ANT
shower SPO
// Number section
// Interval RA Dec Teff F Lm QUA COM ANT SPO
period 0701-0716 120 +46 0.250 1.25 3.00 C 1 C 1 C 0 C 0
period 0716-0731 120 +46 0.250 1.25 3.00 C 1 C 0 C 0 C 0
period 0731-0746 120 +46 0.250 1.25 3.00 C 2 C 1 C 0 C 2
period 0746-0801 120 +46 0.250 1.10 5.00 C 1 C 0 C 0 C 1
period 0801-0816 120 +46 0.250 1.10 5.50 C 1 C 0 C 0 C 2
period 0816-0831 120 +46 0.250 1.10 5.50 C 2 C 0 C 0 C 1
period 0831-0846 120 +46 0.250 1.10 5.50 C 1 C 2 C 1 C 1
period 1100-1115 150 +26 0.250 1.00 3.00 C 2 C 0 C 0 C 1
period 1115-1130 150 +26 0.250 1.30 4.00 C 7 C 0 C 0 C 1
period 1130-1145 150 +26 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 6 C 1 C 0 C 3
period 1145-1200 150 +30 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 6 C 2 C 0 C 4
period 1200-1215 150 +30 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 9 C 3 C 0 C 2
period 1215-1230 150 +30 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 6 C 1 C 0 C 2
// Magnitude section
// Show Interval -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 +0 +1
+2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Tot
distribution QUA 0701-1130 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
5.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
distribution QUA 1130-1230 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 5.0
6.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 25.0
distribution COM 0701-1230 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
2.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
distribution ANT 0701-1230 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
// Personal comments
Part 1 - part 2 to follow
Note I had to split the mag distribution for the QUA into two intervals.
part 2
// Number section
// Interval RA Dec Teff F Lm QUA COM ANT SPO
period 1230-1245 165 +48 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 1 C 0 C 0 C 0
period 1245-1300 165 +48 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 1 C 1 C 0 C 2
period 1300-1315 165 +48 0.250 1.00 6.40 C 5 C 0 C 0 C 4
period 1315-1330 165 +48 0.250 1.00 6.30 C 1 C 1 C 0 C 4
period 1330-1345 165 +48 0.250 1.00 6.20 C 3 C 0 C 0 C 5
// Magnitude section
// Show Interval -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 +0 +1
+2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Tot
distribution QUA 1230-1345 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0
3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
distribution COM 1230-1345 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
// Personal comments
At 13:13 I noticed that the last 3 sporadics came from somewhere near the
head of Draco,
RA 265 deg, Dec +54. After that time another 2 came from that same area, all
medium speed.
A surrogate mini-form for the two additional minor showers in question:
For whole night 07:01-13:45 Teff 4.5hrs, also saw 2 alpha Hydrids, and 5
epsilon Leonids:
// Magnitude section
// Show Interval -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 +0 +1
+2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 Tot
distribution Alph-H 0701-1345 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
distribution epsLeo 0701-1345 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
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