(meteorobs) Quadrantids from Oregon Jan 3, 2014

[Wes Stone]

Despite work on Friday and a local museum star party scheduled for the 
evening, I got out for a couple of hours to observe the Quadrantids on 
Friday morning. The show was well worth it. In just over 1.6 hours of 
observing, I counted 117 meteors including 85 Quadrantids. The temperature 
got down to 19.5F, but that was 18 degrees warmer than last year's 
Quadrantids session. Transparency was almost average, with a limiting 
magnitude of 6.5-6.7. There were a couple of incursions of clouds, including 
one that forced me to take a 17-minute break early in the watch.

Meteor activity was much better during the last hour of the watch, with 
several impressive spurts of Quadrantids and a mix of fast and slow 
sporadics. The brightest meteors were Quadrantids of -2 and -1: no fireballs 
this morning. Most of the Quadrantids were white, with a couple shading into 
yellow or orange. I only noted wakes/short trains on four of them.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting/Tape Recorder
Date: 2014 January 2/3

Interval 1: 1223-1323 UT
Teff: 0.700h (break between 1238 and 1255 due to clouds)
F: 1.05
LM: 6.58
Total Meteors: 36
QUA 25 [0(3), +1(5), +2(7), +3(4), +4(5), +5]
ANT 0
DLM 1 [+2]
Spo 10 [0, +1, +2(2), +3(3), +4, +5(2)]

Interval 2: 1323-1348 UT
Teff: 0.404h
F: 1.09
LM: 6.66
Total Meteors: 38
QUA 29 [-2, 0(5), +1(5), +2(5), +3(4), +4(7), +5(2)]
ANT 1 [+4]
DLM 0
Spo 8 [+2, +3(4), +4(3)]

Interval 3: 1348-1419 UT
Teff: 0.502h
F: 1.03
LM: 6.61
Total Meteors: 43
QUA 31 [-1, 0(3), +1(4), +2(7), +3(6), +4(8), +5(2)]
ANT 0
DLM 2 [+1, +3]
Spo 10 [+1(3), +2(2), +3(3), +4(2)]

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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR