[AZ-Observing] Re: Anyone see the Quadrantids?
- From: "Keith Parizek" <keithparizek@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:58:11 -0700
I observed from 4:45 to 5:30 and counted 30. I took a break for some coffee
and went from 5:45 to 6:30 and counted 25. My deck here in Rio Verde has
some frost on it and it was cold. Looking east I think I could see down to
about mag 4.5 or so. There seemed to be many faint streaks that were just
at my limit of visibility early on which I did not count. It was surely
better than any Perseid shower I have seen in quitae a few years. Perseids
seem to be getting poorer by the year.
Keith Parizek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Heim" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Roger Serrato (STNS)" <rogerserrato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:58 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Anyone see the Quadrantids?
Yep, I got up at 5:30 am and stayed out til 6:30. From the shelter of my
front deck (it was frikken' cold) I could see the south 60% of the sky. I
faced east. The radiant seemed to be just below Arcturus. I counted an
average of perhaps 3/minute with a brief peak around 6 am of 4-5/minute.
They were short and fast, not one lasting more than a second and most less
than half a second. There were 3 that went pretty bright, beating Arcturus
in magnitude, but most were faint. It was worth getting up, as I had never
caught the Quads before. It really was, as advertised, a very short peak.
Sky was clear, and cold.
Dan Heim
President
Desert Foothills Astronomy Club
http://www.dfacaz.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schur" <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Az Observng list" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:36 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Anyone see the Quadrantids?
> I saw one before the moon set last night, and shot 70 exposures with my
fisheye from sundown to sun up and got no meteors. Anyone see anything?
>
> Chris
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