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(meteorobs) Quadrantids: novice report from Central Texas
Teff 80 minutes between 6:19 and 7:56 Jan 4 UTC. Location
approx. 30.25N, 98.25W, 350m (about 45-50 km west of Austin,
Texas, south of Pedernales Falls State Park, which was
closed for deer hunting). Limiting magnitude was pretty
good, about +5.5, with just some Austin city glow low in
the east. The sky was clear except perhaps for a little
west Texas dust carried in on the NW wind steady at about
25 kph with gusts to 40 or more. It was kind of chilly for
here, about 1 or 2 deg. Celsius.
Radiant was very low; the show wasn't too exciting. The
brightest QUA I saw was +1. I faced a spot about 50
degrees up in the NNE, to the upper left of the bowl of the
Big Dipper (UMa). Here are ten-minute time-period results:
Per. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
---- - - - - - - - - -----
QUA 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 14
SPO 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 13
QUA magnitudes
+1 +2 +3 +4 ? (? = not noted)
-- -- -- -- --
1 8 3 1 1
Five of the SPO tracks were pretty much due south to due
north, and three others were SSE to NNW.
Went with a colleague and one of his sons. Had to give it
up early due to today being a work day and also since I've
got laryngitis and "cedar fever" (allergy to "Juniperus
ashei" pollen) and maybe should have stayed home....
I saw three others QUA's outside of Teff -- two of them
going down in the south just a few seconds apart, seen
through the car window as we were on the way back to Austin.
Looking forward to results of those who know what they are
doing!
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
http://wwwvms.utexasdot edu/~ecannon/meteorlinks.html
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