This was my 7th night in a row with observations from Agios Pavlos. The night was calm and warm, and I was excited to see if SDA activity would pick up as we were getting close to the expected maximum.

The session was up to a rather slow start, with only 8 meteors observed the first hour. Only 1 of these was considered to belong to the SDA shower. With rising radiant elevation, SDA rates reached 5 the next hour. I was hoping for some more action the last two hours, but rates came in at 8 and 7, with mainly faint meteors. It was interesting to note that this was the second night of declining SDA rates since the night of July 27/28!

The Capricornids showed steady rates of 2 to 3 meteors the 3 first hours, with a short, slow radiant meteor as a highlite. The last hour activity seemed to kick off, with 6 meteors counted, and a couple of bright meteors of mag -1 and +0!

It was also interesting to note the strong Perseid activity the last hour. 9 meteors were seen, among them a couple of nice +0 mag meteors! Together with a high sporadic rate of 16, this last hour kept me busy with 40 meteors altogether!

A total of 94 meteors were seen during 4 hours of observation this night. Among these were: 41 SPO, 14 CAP, 21 SDA, 14 PER, 1 GDR and 3 ANT.

 

Observed showers:

Alpha Capricornids (001 CAP)

Southern Delta Aquarids (005 SDA)

Perseids (007 PER)

July Gamma Draconids (184 GDR)

Anthelion Source (ANT)

 

21:00 – 22:00. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 270, DEC: +20

SPO: 5 meteors. +2, +3, +4(2), +5

CAP: 2 meteors. -1, +3

SDA: 1 meteor. +5

PER: 0 meteors.

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 0 meteors.

22:00 – 23:00. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 285, DEC: +20

SPO: 9 meteors. +1(2), +2, +3, +4(3), +5(2)

CAP: 3 meteors. +2(2), +5

SDA: 5 meteors. +2, +3, +4(2), +5

PER: 3 meteors. +2(2), +5

GDR: 1 meteor. +2

ANT: 0 meteors.

23:00 – 00:00. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 300, DEC: +20

SPO: 11 meteors. +2(2), +3(2), +4, +5(4), +6(2)

CAP: 3 meteors. +2, +3, +4

SDA: 8 meteors. +3(2), +4(3), +5(2), +6

PER: 2 meteors. -1, +3

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 1 meteor. +4

00:00 – 01:00. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 315, DEC: +20

SPO: 16 meteors. +1, +2(3), +3(5), +4(3), +5(3), +6

CAP: 6 meteors. -1, +0, +2(2), +3, +5

SDA: 7 meteors. +1, +2(2), +3, +4, +5, +6

PER: 9 meteors. +0(2), +2(3), +4, +5(3)

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 2 meteors. +0, +2