Here’s a two hour session I did last October at the Moosecreek site in an attempt to hunt for the 2021 Draconids. Although no special activity was predicted to happen, I always enjoy trying to spot these elusive meteors.
It was already quite late when I arrived at the site, and the Draconids radiant was quite low around midnight local time, so I didn’t expect to see much. Indeed, only one possible Draconid candite was seen — a slow +3 meteor that was seen in the north-east. The South Taurids were however quite active with seven meteors, in addition to a couple of early Orionids, one October Camelopardalid and six sporadics. Altogether, seventeen meteors.
October 7/8 2021, 03:27-05:30 UT (23:27-01:30 EDT)
Location: Moosecreek, Ontario, Canada
(Long: -75 deg 02′ 57″ West; Lat: 45 deg 15′ 13″ North)
Observed showers:
Draconids (DRA) – 17:32 (263) +56
Southern Taurids (STA) – 01:54 (02) +07
Orionids (ORI) – 05:29 (082) +14
epsilon Geminids (EGE) – 05:51 (088) +30
October Camelopardalids (OCT) – 11:09 (167) +79
03:27-04:27 UT (23:27-00:27 EDT); 2.5/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.20; facing NW60 deg; teff 1.00 hr
STA: three: +3; +4(2)
Sporadics: three: 0; +4; +5
Total meteors: Six
04:27-05:30 UT (00:27-01:30 EDT); 2.5/5 trans; F 1.05; LM 6.20; facing NW60 deg; teff 1.05 hr
STA: four: +1; +4; +5(2)
ORI: two: +1; +2
DRA: one: +3
OCT: one: +3
Sporadics: three: +2(2); +3
Total meteors: Eleven
Total meteors for this session: 17
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
