I went out for a quick one hour midnight session to enjoy the sky. It was average becoming below-average transparency with haze and cirrus clouds in parts of the sky. Fortunately, my view to the south was pretty good! I saw twelve meteors (9 sporadics, 2 September Perseids and 1 anthelion). The best meteor was at 11:59pm; a mag +1 golden sporadic that moved slowly near the border of Cygnus-Cassiopeia.
September 3/4 2016, 03:45-04:45 UT (23:45-00:45 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(Long: -76 deg 29′; Lat: 45 deg 23′)
Observed showers:
Anthelion (ANT) – 23:32 (353) -03
September Epsilon Perseids (SPE) – 02:38 (039) +38
03:45-04:45 UT (23:45-00:45 EDT); clear; 2/5 trans (thin haze and cirrus clouds throughout the sky); F 1.00; LM 6.41; facing S50 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SPE: two: +3; +5
ANT: one: +3
Sporadics: nine: +1; +2(3); +4; +5(4)
Total meteors: Twelve
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
