Here’s my results for the morning of July 29th 2017. The sky was much nicer than the previous night, with above-average transparency! The Milky Way was very structured, and there was a wealth of stars all around the zenith! As always, I setup my chair facing south to keep an eye on the many active radiants in that part of the sky.
This was a very productive 3.5 hour session with 94 meteors! I saw 28 S. Delta Aquariids, 11 Perseids, 8 Capricornids, 4 phi Piscids, 3 anthelions, 3 N. Delta Aquariids, 2 psi Cassiopeiids, 2 Gamma Draconids, one July Pegasid and 32 sporadics.
The third hour was particularly busy with 35 meteors! A lot going on in just about every part of the sky! I was glad to have such a clear night since the majority of the meteors seen were quite faint.
The brightest ones were two sporadics of mag -2, one seen at 2:23am and the other at 3:08am. Also, a very nice mag -1 Capricornid was seen near the end of the night grazing through the head of Cetus. It was a beauty!
July 28/29 2017, 04:45-08:20 UT (00:45-04:20 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(Long: -76 deg 29′; Lat: 45 deg 23′)
Observed showers:
gamma Draconids (GDR) – 18:44 (281) +50
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 20:24 (306) -09
Anthelion (ANT) – 21:16 (319) -16
Northern delta Aquariids (NDA) – 22:15 (334) -04
Southern delta Aquariids (SDA) – 22:42 (340) -16
Piscids Austrinids (PAU) – 22:56 (344) -24
July Pegasids (JPE) – 00:16 (004) +16
Perseids (PER) – 01:52 (028) +54
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 02:16 (034) -16
phi Piscids (PPS) – 02:44 (041) +35
psi Cassiopeiids (PCA) – 00:50 (013) +64
04:45-05:45 UT (00:45-01:45 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.58; facing SSE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr; 14C
SDA: five: +1; +3(3); +4
PER: three: 0; +1; +3
CAP: two: +2(2)
GDR: one: +5
ANT: one: +5
PCA: one: +5
Sporadics: six: +2; +4(5)
Total meteors: Nineteen
05:45-06:46 UT (01:45-02:46 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.60; facing SSE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr; 13C
SDA: nine: +2(3); +4(2); +5(4)
PER: four: +1(2); +2; +3
CAP: three: +1; +2; +4
GDR: one: +3
JPE: one: +3
PPS: one: +5
Sporadics: seven: -2; +2; +4; +5(4)
Total meteors: Twenty-six
06:46-07:46 UT (02:46-03:46 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.55; facing SSE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr; 12C
SDA: nine: +2(2); +3(2); +4; +5(4)
PER: four: +3(2); +4; +5
NDA: three: +1; +4; +5
PPS: three: +2; +3; +4
ANT: two: +4(2)
CAP: one: 0
Sporadics: thirteen: -2; +2(2); +3(3); +4(4); +5(3)
Total meteors: Thirty-five
07:46-08:20 UT (03:46-04:20 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans (morning twilight); F 1.00; LM 6.20; facing SSE50 deg; teff 0.56 hr; 11C
SDA: five: +2; +4(3); +5
CAP: two: -1; +2
PCA: one: +5
Sporadics: six: +1; +3(2); +4; +5(2)
Total meteors: Fourteen
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
