(meteorobs) Video QUAs from Virginia Jan 3

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Hi Pete, any idea of what the magnitude cutoff is for the system you are reporting this data?

Wayne

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From: "Gural, Peter S." <PETER.S.GURAL at saic.com> 

> We had exceptionally clear weather for the Quads in Northern Virginia and I set 
> up three cameras (wide, moderate and super narrow FOV). Just finished processing 
> the 10 hours of video for the wide field intensified camera (70x105 deg lm=+5) 
> and here are the raw counts. Looks like the rates were still rising towards the 
> peak which got trampled by twilight here on the east coast of the US. The were a 
> few COMs in the mix as well. I am waiting to here from George Varros on his wide 
> field camera results that covered my southern sky (I was pointed towards the NNE 
> half of the sky). 
> 
> Jan 3, 2009 
> UT #QUAs 
> 110-410 0 (not a single grazer !) 
> 410-510 4 
> 510-610 3 
> 610-710 5 
> 710-810 16 
> 810-910 27 
> 910-1010 31 
> 1010-1110 46 
> 
> I hope to examine the tracks on my recordings and George's more closely in the 
> next few weeks to determine if there is anything to the anecdotal claims by some 
> that there was a split or diffuse radiant. To that end, any video data or frame 
> sequences would be handy to throw into the overall analysis. Please contact me 
> directly if you have anything to contribute. 
> 
> Cheers... Pete Gural 
> peter.s.gural at saic.com 
> 
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