During this period the moon will reach its first quarter phase on Sunday September 16th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near midnight local summer time (LST). As the week progresses the...
Read MoreA few nights later, Dan joined me and we met up with Jim Sofia at Bootland Farm. Jim had his beautiful 18” and I set out my 12.5” PortaBall. The sky was very humid with poor transparency, but the seeing was remarkably good. I...
Read MoreI nearly skipped the following night because the sky took a lot longer to clear and I was tired from all the observing. But it was finally looking like the west end would clear up at about 2am. I’m very glad I took a chance...
Read MoreAfter 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...
Read MoreDuring the day, Raymond Dubois and I discussed where to go for the peak of the Perseids. We found the possibility of clouds encroaching from the south overnight, so we decided to drive 3 hours north into Quebec to La Verendrye...
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