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(meteorobs) Quadrantids in LA



Morning!
 
I got up to watch for a couple of hours as peak approached, but after a beautiful night clouds rolled in within minutes of the time I got set up.  Clouds were all cirrus and cirrocumulus, and highly variable --- from 20 per cent cover to one hundred per cent and back again within a matter of minutes, repeating the cycle several times.  The clouds were quite thin, and the average limiting magnitude was about 5 throughout the observing period, using IMO areas 3 and 9.  Then everything thickened abruptly and there was no point in going on.  At least I can finally say I've seen Quadrantids -- I don't think it's ever been even this clear this week in previous yers!
 
With such poor conditions and a short teff, I don't know how useful this will be, but here's what I've got.
 
Date:    2001 Jan. 2/3    BEGIN  0945 UT    END 1017 UT
OBSERVER:  Dave Hostetter (HOSDA)
LOCATION:  91 deg 46.8 min W    29 deg 59.5 min N
CITY AND STATE:  New Iberia, LA  USA
ELEVATION:  24 feet (7.3 meters)
RECORDING METHOD:  Manual
 
OBSERVED SHOWERS:  QUA and SPO
 
OBSERVING PERIOD:  0945 UT to 1017 UT  (3:45 to 4:15 AM CST)
TEFF = 30 minutes
FIELD CENTER:  Denebola 11 h 46.5 m, +14 deg (0945 - 1010 UT); vicinity of 11 h +40 deg (1010 - 1017 UT)
 
LIMITING MAGNITUDE:  highly variable, estimated 5 throughout period
 
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION
                -7    -6    -5    -4    -3    -2    -1    0    +1   + 2    +3   + 4   + 5   + 6    TOTAL
QUA        0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    0    0    3
SPO        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 
SKY OBSCURATION:  highly and quickly variable from 0 to 100 percent and back
 
DEAD TIME:    2 minutes
 
METEOR DATA
    #        TIME (UT)        SHOWER        MAG        SPEED (1-5)        COLOR        TRAIN (SEC)
    1        10:05        QUA        3        3        none        none
    2        10:09        QUA        3        3        none        none
    3        10:12        QUA        -1        3        blue        1.0
 
END