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(meteorobs) [IMO-News] 2001 Jan 02/03 Quadrantids observations (SPAGE)




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Clear skies,
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>


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To: mcbal.gwyvre@virgindot net, imo-news@imodot net
From: George Spalding <g.h.spalding@rl.acdot uk>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:52:44 +0000
Subject: [IMO-News] 2001 Jan 02/03 Quadrantids observations

>Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:50:05 +0000
>To: neil
>From: George Spalding <ghsnn@ssdnt01.bnsc.rl.acdot uk>
>
>Neil,
>
>My results from last night, 2001 Jan 02/03, Denchworth, Wantage, UK
>as usual (51.624N, 1.448W)
>
>No Start     End        Duration       LM       Cloud      QUAD    SPOR   ALL
> 1  0125     0225        1h 00m        5.5        0%          7      6    13
> 2  0246     0346        1h 00m        5.5        0%         11      3    14
> 3  0402     0447        0h 45m        5.5        5%         11      2    13
>                        -------                              --     --    --
>                         2h 45m                              29     11    40
>                        -------                              --     --    --
>
>Magnitude distributions :
>
>Mag      -1     0     1     2     3     4     5      All
>
>Quad      1     1     5     4    11     5     2       29
>Spor      0     0     1     4     3     3     0       11
>
>
>Notes :  After a wettish day, it cleared up soon after midnight and was
>fine thereafter until about 0445, with light winds and temperatures from
>1.4C to -0.2C.
>Cloud then appeared again, and though this partially dispersed again after
>0515, there was still enough of it around -plus fatigue- to deter me from
>covering the last hour or so till twilight. Though the individual meteors
>were rather uninteresting the rates were as least quite fair. It was so
>rare too to get clear skies anywhere near a Quadrantid peak in the UK!
>
>
>I hope you were able to get some useful results.
>
>George

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