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Re: (meteorobs) Re: 2000 Quadrantids from SW Florida
>>>>>This is NOT a "bluish" shower. One individual good at
seeing blue got his comment into general literature years ago, and there it
remains today.
While I saw little color in the quads I observed, the one bright Quad (-3) did have
a definate SLIGHT bluish tinge as per my perception. It was low on the horizon,
maybe 10-15 degrees, and the call was, in my case, not influenced by pre-observing
literature reading. But I must admit that I did read up on the Quads some after the
fact, and do recall having read, perhaps at Gary Kronk's site (don't remember) about
the blue-ishness. The skies were not that transparent during my session for the
quads.
Kim
nmcleod@peganet.com wrote:
> Finally had a free day combined with being over a bad cold from last week,
> so I can report on the Quadrantid max from SW Florida, lat 26.5N, long 81.5W.
>
> 1236 - 126 EST 536 - 626 UT 0.83hr 5 QUA 1 DCA 1 Lyncid 6 Spor
> 13 T LM7.3
>
> 126 - 226 EST 626 - 726 UT 1.00hr 5 QUA 4 Spor 9 Total LM7.3
>
> 226 - 326 EST 726 - 826 UT 1.00hr 8 QUA 3 Spor 11 Total LM7.3
>
> 326 - 426 EST 826 - 926 UT 1.00hr 15 QUA 4 Spor 19 Total
> LM7.3
>
> 426 - 442 EST 926 - 942 UT 0.27hr 5 QUA 1 Spor 6 Total LM7.3
>
> Quadrantids ranged from mag -1 to +5. The earth-grazing period was
> prolonged, covering my first 2 hours with beautiful long lasting-medium
> speed meteors. Every one of them did something interesting : slowing
> noticeably at the end, changing magnitude, having nebulous envelopes, having
> wakes, some just appearing as a short moving streak. The colored ones were
> mostly yellow. This is NOT a "bluish" shower. One individual good at
> seeing blue got his comment into general literature years ago, and there it
> remains today. I had expected to see better rates early coming off the
> sharp max. Overall the rates were a bit below expectations. I did lose the
> last hour to increasing fog and some small cumulus clouds ; surely I would
> have seen 20 Quads. It was a comfortable night in the mid-60'sF. Sporadics
> weren't very active either. I faced east at an elevation of 70 degrees.
>
> The best meteor of the night came at 115 EST (615 UT), a rather slow,
> green-white -4m going 30 degrees in 3 seconds. It looked like a green Venus
> sailing along. This one was tentatively a Lyncid.
>
> Norman
>
> Norman W. McLeod III
> Staff Advisor
> American Meteor Society
>
> Fort Myers, Florida
> nmcleod@peganet.com
>
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