On the morning of August 3, I observed at Bootland Farm (located 80 km west of Ottawa) for a couple of hours until morning twilight.  It was a warm (20C), muggy night with lots of mosquitoes.  The sky was hazy and covered in a thin veil of forest fire smoke, but clear and decent (limiting magnitude about 6.35).  A distant thunderstorm below the southern horizon made its presence known with occasional flashes that eventually subsided.

I saw 33 meteors (9 Southern Delta Aquariids, 6 Perseids, 2 alpha Capricornids, 1 gamma Draconid, 1 anthelion and 14 sporadics).  A few of the SDAs might have been PAUs since both radiants lined up.

The highlight was the mag +1 anthelion at 4:14am that had a beautiful golden colour, and brightened gradually over a 40 degrees path.

I cannot really explain the sharp drop in rates during the second hour, with only half of the numbers seen in the previous hour.  Morning twilight had a small effect towards the end but I don’t think it was enough to explain this.  Also, I was well awake until the end, so fatigue was not a factor.

Observation August 2/3 2019, 06:30-08:30 UT (02:30-04:30 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(45°23’N 76°29’W)

Observed showers:
gamma Draconids (GDR) – 18:40 (280) +50
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 20:10 (303) -10
Anthelion (ANT) – 21:08 (317) -16
Northern delta Aquariids (NDA) – 22:07 (332) -04
Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA) – 22:34 (339) -17
Piscids Austrinids (PAU) – 22:52 (343) -25
Perseids (PER) – 01:40 (025) +54
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 02:04 (032) -17
49 Andromedids (FAN) – 02:11 (033) +51
phi Piscids (PPS) – 02:37 (039) +34
psi Cassiopeiids (PCA) – 03:00 (045) +75

06:30-07:30 UT (02:30-03:30 EDT); clear but hazy; 2/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.35; facing S55 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SDA: seven: +2; +3(2); +4(3); +5
PER: four: +2; +3(3)
CAP: one: +2
Sporadics: ten: +1; +2(3); +3; +4(3); +5(2)
Total meteors: Twenty-two

07:30-08:30 UT (03:30-04:30 EDT); clear but hazy; 2/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.16; facing S55 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SDA: two: +5(2)
PER: two: +1; +2
GDR: one: +3
CAP: one: +4
ANT: one: +1
Sporadics: four: +1; +4; +5(2)
Total meteors: Eleven