(meteorobs) Quadrantid obs, Sharon Massachusetts, Jan 04 2016

[Richard Kramer]

I was fortunate to catch a nice QUA burst, 5 QUA during 15 minutes, 4 
of them mag 0 or brighter, two with long tracks, one color changer. 
Then everything went quiet and the haze started getting thicker, so I 
clocked off. Jupiter was a very convenient magnitude reference. I 
lingered to enjoy Orion and companions which were gloriously bright 
and crisp, not yet affected by the developing haze. I did not see any 
more QUA during that approx. 10 minutes, but I was off the clock so 
their continued absence did not make it into the report.


// Header section
night    	 2016-01-03/04
begin    	 2016-01-04 0500
end      	 2016-01-04 0530
observer	 "Richard" "Kramer"
location	 71 10 52 W, 42 06 34 N
site    	 "Lake Massapoag" "United States"
reporter	 "kramer at sria.com"

// Shower section
shower	QUA 230 +49
shower	SPO

// Number section
// 	Interval  	RA  	Dec 	Teff 	F    	Lm  	   QUA 	   SPO
period	0500-0515 	045 	+30 	0.250 	0.75 	3.50	 C   5 	 C   1
period	0515-0530 	045 	+30 	0.250 	0.75 	3.50	 C   0 	 C   1

// Magnitude section
//          	Show 
Interval     -6    -5    -4    -3    -2    -1    +0    +1    +2    +3 
    +4    +5    +6    +7    Tot
distribution 
QUA 	0500-0515     -     -     -     -   1.0   2.0   1.0   1.0     - 
    -     -     -     -     -    5.0
distribution 
SPO 	0500-0530     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   2.0 
    -     -     -     -     -    2.0

// Personal comments
1. Obscuration 25% due to clouds, trees, and bifocal glasses
2. Mag -2 QUA 20 degree track, white then green, no persistant train