On the morning of August 16, I went to the Bootland Farm site (about 70km west of Ottawa) for a three hour meteor session. The sky was clear with average quality transparency (about 2.5/5). It was slightly hazy, possibly from...
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Here’s my report on an extraordinary and surprising 2021 Perseid meteor outburst. This was a...
Read MoreDuring this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Wednesday September 29th. At that time the moon lies 90 degrees west of the sun and rises near 23:00 local summer time (LST) on the 28th. This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the late evening hours and will interfere with meteor observing the remainder of the night.
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For the predicted peak night, local amateur astronomer and photographer Raymond Dubois was...
Read MoreI went to the Moosecreek site (dark sky site located about 60 km east of Ottawa, Ontario )on the evening of August 11 for a short meteor session, one night before the predicted peak. It was a very warm 26C, muggy and hazy...
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