Quadrantids 2023

[rsfoto]

Hi,

Start up your RMO's in order to watch the

Quadrantids 2023

which will peak on 4th of January 2023 around 03:40 UTC

Text extracted from the Meteor news here

https://www.meteornews.net/2022/12/30/m ... uary-2023/

It is

The Quadrantids (QUA) are active from December 26th through January 16th. Maximum occurs on January 4th near 3:40 Universal Time*. The radiant is currently located at 15:10 (228) +50. This position lies in northern Bootes, roughly half-waybetween 3rd magnitude Edasich (iota Draconis) and Nekkar (beta Boötis). 2nd magnitude Alkaid (eta Ursae Majoris), the bright star at the end of the Big Dipper’s handle, lies 15 degrees to the west. These meteors are best seen during the last hour before dawn when the radiant lies highest above the northeastern horizon in a dark sky. At 41 km/sec. the Quadrantids produce meteors of moderate velocity. These meteors are visible from the southern tropics but not seen from the deep southern hemisphere. For more information on this shower visit: Viewing the Quadrantids in 2023.

*Juergen Rendtel, 2023 IMO Meteor Shower Calendar, Page 4

[rsfoto]

Hi,

¿ Quadrantid ? who knows but a beautiful long trail. Sound is on in my Observatory and I call that Music from the Universe

NIce_Meteor_20230101_12h42m10s.JPG (678.69 KiB) Viewed 1003 times

[rsfoto]

Hi,

Here the results as of now for the 2023 Quadrantids

My station

RMO_Ehlert_20230104_Quadrantids.JPG (42.96 KiB) Viewed 973 times

USA Station

RMO_Nelson_20230104_Quadrantids.JPG (43.16 KiB) Viewed 973 times

[Wyvern]

Hi to all,

Recording system somehow managed to somehow lose the Quadrantid heatmap, but I generated a graph of results from the CSV file it generates. Looks like a "typical" Quadrantid surge to maximum and fallback to background levels. Curious midday uptick on the 4th, following the max..... anyone else see that in their results?

Regards to all
Les

[Carbon60]

Nice data, guys. My system was down. I’ve had to do a lot of work on my magnetometer to get it up and running again after a system fault, so my PC collecting RMO data (and magnetometer data) was not operating.

Stu.