Quadrantids Quadrantids The Quadrantids (QUA) are a January meteor shower. The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably rich meteor showers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, yet Quadrantid meteors are not seen as often as meteors in these other two showers, because the peak intensity is exceedingly sharp, sometimes lasting only hours. Additionally, the meteors are quite faint (mean magnitude 3-6 mag). The meteor rates exceed one-half of their highest value for only about eight hours (compared to two days for the August Perseids), which means that
The December Group The December Group The December Group (, "Decembarska grupa") was a Serbian artistic group founded in Belgrade in 1955. It ceased to exist in 1960. Group members were: Zoran Petrović, Miloš Bajić, Aleksandar Luković, Lazar Vujaklija, Mladen Srbinović, Aleksandar Tomašević, Lazar Vozarević, Miodrag B. Protić, Stojan Ćelić and Dragutin Cigarčić. The group has held nine exhibitions, and there were two retrospective in Belgrade in 1969 at the Gallery of the Cultural Center and in 1995 at the Zepter Gallery. After the stabilization of the political and ideological situation in Yugoslavia after 1950. the conditions were created for opening new avenues