After some much needed sleep, I went out two nights after the peak, this time on my own. The sky was hazy due to forest fire smoke but clear. I setup at midnight, and observed for 3 hours. I saw 66 meteors during that time (breakdown: 39 Perseids, 6 South Delta Aquariids, 2 North Delta Aquariids, 2 antihelions, 1 Capricornid and 39 sporadics). I was quite pleased with the numbers of PERs (with 21 in the third hour alone). The SDAs were still mildly active even two weeks after their maximum. The best meteor was a swift -1 blue-green sporadic that left a 3 sec train. It was well seen in the middle of my field of view just as I was concentrating in doing a limiting magnitude star count.
August 14/15 2018, 04:05-07:15 UT (00:05-03:15 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(Long: -76 deg 29′; Lat: 45 deg 23′)
Observed showers:
kappa Cygnids (KCG) – 18:59 (285) +50
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 21:10 (317) -05
Anthelion (ANT) – 22:08 (332) -12
Northern delta Aquariids (NDA) – 23:04 (346) +02
Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA) – 23:30 (353) -12
Piscids Austrinids (PAU) – 23:44 (356) -19
Perseids (PER) – 03:12 (048) +57
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 03:00 (045) -12
04:05-05:05 UT (00:05-01:05 EDT); clear; 2/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.23; facing S60 deg; teff 1.00 hr
PER: seven: +2(3); +3; +4(3)
ANT: two: +5(2)
SDA: one: +1
CAP: one: +4
Sporadics: three: +2(2); +5
Total meteors: Fourteen
05:05-06:06 UT (01:05-02:06 EDT); clear; 2/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.24; facing S60 deg; teff 1.01 hr
PER: eleven: 0(3); +1(2); +2; +3(3); +4: +5
NDA: two: +4(2)
SDA: two: +1; +4
Sporadics: seven: -1; 0; +3(2); +4(2); +5
Total meteors: Twenty-two
06:06-07:15 UT (02:06-03:15 EDT); clear; 2/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.30; facing S60 deg; teff 1.15 hr
PER: twenty-one: -1; 0(2); +1(5); +2(2); +3(5); +4(2); +5(4)
SDA: three: +3; +4(2)
Sporadics: six: +1; +3; +4(3); +5
Total meteors: Thirty
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
