Talk, including questions and answers : 11:30 – 12:30.
Quadrantids
Period of activity: December 27th, 2019 to January 10th, 2020
The Quadrantids have the potential to be the strongest shower of the year but usually fall short due to the short length of maximum activity (6 hours) and the poor weather experienced during early January. The average hourly rates one can expect under dark skies is 25. These meteors usually lack persistent trains but often produce bright fireballs. Due to the high northerly declination (celestial latitude) these meteors are not well seen from the southern hemisphere.
Shower details – Radiant: 15:18 +49.5° – ZHR: 120 – Velocity: 26 miles/sec (medium – 42.2km/sec) – Parent Object: 2003 EH (Asteroid)
Next Peak – The Quadrantids will next peak on the Jan 3-4, 2020 night. On this night, the moon will be 4% full.
Data from the American Meteor Society.
Max Born was a German-Jewish physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.