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Re: (meteorobs) Re: quads on the 3rd not 4th
For 2001, the IMO's first activity profile (the only one I can find on the web) shows a maximum at 13:30UT (apparently a bit late). About six hours before, at 7:40UT, the ZHR was 56. This was admittedly based on a small sample of 5 observers and 98 meteors, and the same table shows a ZHR of just 17 at 5:10 UT. If more observations were submitted afterwards, I'll bet it smoothed out the ZHR curve. But yes, it would be worth watching if you can get a halfway decent LM despite the Moon.
Aside from a couple of "uncountable" periods of partial clearing on December 14th and 22nd (at least the dates were right), there hasn't been much opportunity to look at the sky in So-Central Oregon recently.
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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
On Tue, 01 January 2002, Robert Lunsford wrote:
>
> Pierre and All,
>
> With the bright moon present in the morning sky I don't expect much
> activity to be seen 6 hours after maximum. Still, one never knows
> exactly how these showers behave. If it's clear where you live, check it
> out!
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> Bob Lunsford
>
>
> Pierre Martin wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > If the Quadrantids maximum arrives exactly at 18 UT (assuming max
> > ZHR=120), how strong could we expect the ZHR to be approximately 6
> > hours later?
> >
> > If I recall correctly, a number of Japanese observers reported seeing
> > fairly strong Quadrantids rates during the 2001 return. This would
> > seem to be at least a few hours after the predicted maximum. I'm
> > hoping that perhaps another late performance from this shower might
> > improve the odds of seeing some earthgrazers along the east-coast of
> > North America?
> >
> > In any case, I'll be hoping for clear skies.
> >
> > Pierre
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