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(meteorobs) Observation Jannuary 2/3, 2003 from Slovenia



Happy New Year Everybody!

When I looked through the window last night I was quite surprised 
to find clear skies. It had been raining in the afternoon and the 
evening and the weather forecast was not optimistic either. But 
there it was, a hole in the clouds above my location, not more than 
200 km wide, and it stayed there for the whole night.
Because of the rain, the skies were very clear, however I had to be 
content with lying in the mud. I observed meteors for two hours in 
which I logged 37 meteors, most of them were plotted. Quadrantids 
were quite active the night before maximum with 12 members seen 
during the session. Also active were Delta Cancrids with 3 meteors 
and Coma Berenicids with 2 meteors. No bright meteors were seen 
during the session.
I ended meteor observations to look at the comet C/2002 X5 (Kudo-
Fujikawa). I estimated it at magnitude 6.4. I casually watched 
meteors until dawn. The activity from the Quadrantids was picking 
up quite fast as I saw at least a dozen QUAs during that last hour.

It is still clear here, so I might get the chance to observe the peak 
form QUAs!


Clear skies!
Javor.


The Summary:
Date: January 02/03, 2003
Begin: 02h 05m UT
End:   04h 17m UT
Location: l= 15o 31' 14" E, fi= 46o 23' 30" N, h= 305m
Place: Kostanjevec, Slovenia (23108)
Observer: Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT) Teff  F    Lm  QUA DCA COM Spor
02:05-03:11 0.97 1.00 6.51  4   1   2   10
03:11-04:17 1.00 1.00 6.56  8   2   0   10

Magnitude distributions:
QUA: 0(1) +1 (0.5) +2(2.5) +3(4) +4(4)
DCA: +3(1) +4(2)
COM: +2(0.5) +3(1.5)
Spor: +1(2) +2(1) +3(3) +4(7) +5(6.5) +6 (0.5)

Bortle Sky Class: 4


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