(meteorobs) Rating a Quandrantid Meteor seen during the non-moon portion of the evening on January 3, 2010

orink at t6b.com orink at t6b.com
Tue Jan 5 09:51:54 EST 2010


Sorry, The information about that 1918 hr,CST sporadic in my recent post should have read,...that seemed to come north from the western edge of the "square" asterism in Pegasus, popped into view...
As Ever, Orin
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Subject: (meteorobs) Rating a Quandrantid Meteor seen during the non-moon portion of the evening on January 3, 2010

Good Morning, All:



Can anyone confirm my single Quadrantid observation from before 9:30PM CST on
Jan 3, 2010.

Background Info... I have limited experience doing this stuff but am aware of
IMO info and am wading through it as I go.

>>>snip
I got my chair, layered self, and a blanket and sat down with my car as a bit
of a wind-block and also to block that near-by farm light. Facing north, I
started my tape recorder when I saw my first meteor, a sporadic ? that seemed to
come from western Perseus, popped into view about five degrees from the lower
southern square of Cepheus and headed south to north, burning out before it got
into Cepheus with a path less than 5 degrees and a mag of , I'll say, two. That
occurred about 1918 hrs, CST.

At 1929 hrs, CST, by recorder, a typical, fast Leonid streaked by below the north star and>>>snip...As Ever, Orin



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