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Re: (meteorobs) Re: quads on the 3rd not 4th

Hi, where can I find the profiles that you refer to?

Wesley Stone wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> 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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