(meteorobs) QUAD Peak Summary from NJ

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As Richard has found out, depending upon your e-mail program, copying the IMO on line report is very difficult.

Here is my summary from the NJAA observatory. This is my visual summary, broken down into the QUA distribution intervals reported to the IMO. I'll let Mark figure out how to add them to the NAMN database. The NJAA also has an all-sky camera (recording meteors down to about mag +3 using MetRec), and is also now operating a radio reflection setup at 181 MHz. When we have finished digesting the Quads, that info will be posted in a new section of the NJAA website.

My detailed report can be accessed on the IMO website at:
http://umdb.urania.be/v2/obsview/view.php?id=4435


night    	 2009-01-02/03
begin    	 2009-01-03 0938
end      	 2009-01-03 1123
observer	 "Wayne T" "Hally" "HALWA"
location	 74 53 54 W, 40 40 52 N
site    	 "NJAA Observatory,High Bridge,NJ" "United States" "25186"

Shower section
shower	QUA 230 +49
shower	COM 188 +19
shower	CBE 173 +25
shower	SPO 
Non-IMO working list showers:
JLE (January Leonids) RA 147, Dec +24, v54 (SM Shower # 86, IAU Shower # 319).
AHY (alpha Hydrids) RA 127, Dec -09, v40. (SM Shower 148, IAU Shwr #331).
Did not look for ANT or ICA since radiants were too far behind me.

UT Date Jan 3,2009
UT Time     LM  Teff QUA CBE COM JLE AHY SPO TOT Met/Hr
0938-1017 5.25 0.65  16     2       1       1       1       6     27    41.5
1017-1035 5.29 0.30  20     0       0       1       0       1     22    73.3
1035-1059 5.40 0.40  24     1       1       0       0       6     32    80.0
1059-1123 5.40 0.40  19     0       1       0       0       1     21    52.5
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0938-1123 5.36 1.75  79     3      3        2      1     14     102    58.3

Totals:
102 Meteors in 1.75 Teff (58.3/Hr). Avg Mag +1.95

79 QUA (45.1/Hr) Avg Mag +1.81
14 SPO (8.0/Hr) Avg Mag +2.68
3 COM (1.7/Hr) Avg Mag +2.5
3 CBE (1.7/Hr) Avg Mag +2.7
2 JLE (1.1/Hr) Avg Mag -0.5
1 AHY (0.6/Hr) Mag +3

QUA breakdown:
0958-1017 16 QUA (0.65 Teff, 24.6/Hr) Avg Mag +1.59
1017-1035 20 QUA (0.30 Teff, 66.7/Hr) Avg Mag +2.03
1035-1059 24 QUA (0.40 Teff, 60/Hr) Avg Mag +2.02
1059-1123 19 QUA (0.40 Teff, 47.5/Hr) Avg Mag +1.50

Thin haze redueced LM throughout, sky conditions variable. 
LM measured every half hour and interpolated.
All association done with alignment cord. Data recorded on audio tape.
All meteors timed to the minute, smaller intervals and distributions available.
Did not look for ANT or ICA since radiants were too far behind me.
All in all, a very nice Qudrantid show; my highest Meteor Rate in 3 years: 58/Hr.

Wayne