Observations 20:45 UT – 22:45 UT
After a successful first night of observations, I was looking forward to checking out what the next night would bring. Weather forecast was good for the whole week, and my only concern was the strong gusts of wind threatening to blow down my camera equipment. I therefore chose the same observation site as last night, but decided to delay observations until 20:45 UT, when the Perseid radiant had reached a useful altitude.
The first two hours gave Perseid rates slightly above the night before, with counts of 11 Perseids each hour. No fireballs were seen this first session, the brightest Perseid being a short, -1 mag, rather slow-moving meteor in Cassiopeia. Sporadic rates were good, with respectively 14 and 20 meteors observed in the two first hours.
20:45 UT – 21:45 UT, Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.31, RA: 315, Dec: +50
SPO: 14 meteors: 1(1), 2(1), 3(4), 4(2), 5(4), 6(2)
PER: 11 meteors: 0(1), 1(4), 2(3), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1)
KCG: 0 meteors.
21:45 UT – 22:45 UT, Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.41, RA: 315, Dec: +50
SPO: 20 meteors: 1(1), 3(4), 4(5), 5(7), 6(3)
PER: 11 meteors: -1(1), 1(1), 2(2), 3(2), 4(2), 5(3)
KCG: 0 meteors
Observations 23:05 UT – 02:10 UT
After a short break, changing the batteries in my camera and getting something to eat, I was ready for three more hours of observations. The session started 23:05 UT, and shortly after a -1 mag Perseid streaked through Cepheus at 23:11 UT. Two more bright Perseids of mag -1 and -2, also made this first hour a memorable event. Perseid rates the first hour were 12, followed up by respectively 13 and 20 the next two hours. A beautiful -2 Mag Perseid near the rising crescent moon in the eastern sky, rounded up the observations of another successful night. A total of 156 meteors had been observed in 5,05 hours, among them 67 Perseids.
23:05 UT – 00:05 UT, Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.48, RA: 337, Dec: +55
SPO: 18 meteors: 2(1), 3(4), 4(9), 5(4)
PER: 12 meteors: -2(1), -1(2), 1(2), 2(2), 4(2), 5(2), 6(1)
KCG: 0 meteors
00:05 UT – 01:10 UT, Teff: 1.05, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.48, RA: 337, Dec: +55
SPO: 22 meteors: 0(2), 1(2), 2(5), 3(5), 4(5), 5(3)
PER: 13 meteors: 0(3), 2(4), 4(3), 5(2), 6(1)
KCG: 0 meteors
01:10 UT – 02:10 UT, Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.40, RA: 337, Dec: +55
SPO: 14 meteors: 0(1), 2(4), 3(4), 4(2), 5(3)
PER: 20 meteors: -2(1), 1(4), 2(2), 3(2), 4(2), 5(8), 6(1)
KCG: 1 meteor: 5(1)
