I was out again the following night and Dan joined me to hunt for meteors. It was another very pleasant late night session, with temps around +10C to start and +6C near the end. I watched for 3 hours, starting at 1:25am EDT and it was a productive session. During that time, I saw 45 meteors (10 Sept Epsilon Perseids, 4 antihelions, 3 nu Eridanids, 2 eta Eridanids and 26 sporadics).
The SPEs were most interesting during the second hour with bright mag -2 and -3 meteors seen just a few minutes apart; the brighter of the two produced a terminal flash and left behind a 5 secs train! Another highlight was the -1 sporadic at 3:52am EDT that moved slowly down in the east, produced a flash and briefly fragmented into several tiny pieces before vanishing. Very nice!
September 7/8 2018, 05:25-08:25 UT (01:25-04:25 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(Long: -76 deg 29′; Lat: 45 deg 23′)
Observed showers:
chi Cygnids (CCY) – 19:48 (297) +30
Antihelion (ANT) – 23:56 (359) -00
September Epsilon Perseids (SPE) – 03:06 (047) +39
nu Eridanids (NUE) – 04:12 (063) +04
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 04:36 (069) -04
05:25-06:25 UT (01:25-02:25 EDT); 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.45; facing S50 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SPE: three: +1(2); +5
ANT: one: +4
NUE: one: +5
Sporadics: eight: -1; +1; +2; +3(3); +4(2)
Total meteors: Thirteen
06:25-07:25 UT (02:25-03:25 EDT); 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.54; facing S50 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SPE: five: -3; -2; +3(2); +4
ANT: two: +3(2)
NUE: one: +1
ERI: one: +2
Sporadics: nine: 0; +1(2); +3(2); +4(2); +5(2)
Total meteors: Eighteen
07:25-08:25 UT (03:25-04:25 EDT); 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.52; facing S50 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SPE: two: 0; +4
ANT: one: +6
NUE: one: +1
ERI: one: +1
Sporadics: nine: -1; +3(3); +4(4); +5
Total meteors: Fourteen
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
