(meteorobs) Meteor Observations from Northern Nevada on January 4, 2009

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information for new observers.

Clear skies!

Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
meteors at comcast.net
namn at namnmeteors.org

North American Meteor Network
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Matt Mundorf wrote:
> Help!  I'm a "Meteorobs" newbie.  Can you or someone detail/explain how
> to read these observation measurements?  I keep getting everyone's
> e-mails showing these measures and I can't make heads or tails of them.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Robin Gray
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:48 PM
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Observations from Northern Nevada on January
> 4,2009
> 
> This night was clearer than the previous. Also in contrast to the
> previous night, on January 4 the Quadrantids had almost dissapeared - I
> saw only two faint meteors coming from the radiant. The following is
> what I saw.
> 
> January 4, 2009 Paradise Hill, Nevada, 20 miles North of Winnemucca
> Longitude 117 degrees 37' 30" West; Latitude 41 degrees 15' 0" North
> 
> UT Period   Field   Teff   F   LM    QUA   COM   AHY   ANT   SPO
> 
> 8:27-9:29   60NE    1.02  1.0  6.41   2     2     1     1    11
> 
> 
> Magnitude Distribution
> 
> Shower  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0  1  2  3  4  5
> 
> QUA      0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0  2
> 
> COM      0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0  2  0
> 
> AHY      1   0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0
> 
> ANT      0   0   1   0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0
> 
> SPO      0   0   0   0   0  1  1  1  1  4  3
> 
> 
> Total Meteors: 17
> 
> 
> Robin Gray    
> 
> 
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