After doing observations for 8 nights in a row, I was starting to dream about a full night of sleep, but that would have to wait for a couple of more nights! Again, the night was calm and clear with a very transparent sky with Lm 6.8. Soon the meteors started to flow, and I was in for another 5 hours of observations under excellent conditions.
It soon became clear that the Capricornids were less active than the previous night which yielded surprisingly high rates. Between 2 and 4 Capricornids could still be counted every hour throughout the night. No fireballs were seen from the shower this night, and most meteors were in the magnitude range between +2 and +5.
The Southern Delta Aquarids still produced good rates between 7 and 12 meteors an hour, except for the first hour when the radiant was low in the sky. I soon noticed that the shower was richer in bright meteors than the previous nights. A beautiful, yellow -2 mag SDA was seen low in the eastern sky at 01:19 UT. Also 4 more meteors in the magnitude range -1 to +0 were seen during the night.
The Perseids produced stable rates around 5 throughout the night, with the exception of the first hour. A stunning, yellow, -2 mag in Cygnus was a memorable moment at 00:19 UT. The sporadic rates varied between 7 and 11 most of the night but peaking with a rocketing 18 meteors an hour in the morning sky!
A total of 134 meteors were seen during 5 hours of observation this night. Of these were: 52 SPO, 16 CAP, 40 SDA, 21 PER, 1 GDR, and 4 ANT.
Observed showers:
Alpha Capricornids (001 CAP)
Southern Delta Aquarids (005 SDA)
Perseids (007 PER)
July Gamma Draconids (184 GDR)
Anthelion Source (ANT)
20:45 – 21:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.80, RA: 285, DEC: +20
SPO: 11 meteors. +0, +1(2), +2, +3(4), +4, +5(2)
CAP: 3 meteors. +3, +4, +5
SDA: 1 meteor. +3
PER: 2 meteors. +3(2)
GDR: 0 meteors.
ANT: 1 meteor. +2
21:45 – 22:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.80, RA: 300, DEC: +20
SPO: 7 meteors. +0, +1, +2(2), +3, +4(2)
CAP: 2 meteors. +1, +2
SDA: 7 meteors. -1, +1, +3, +4(2), +5(2)
PER: 5 meteors. +2(2), +4(2), +6
GDR: 1 meteor. +0
ANT: 1 meteor. +4
22:45 – 23:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.80, RA: 315, DEC: +20
SPO: 9 meteors. +1, +2(3), +3(2), +4(3)
CAP: 3 meteors. +1, +2, +4
SDA: 11 meteors. +0(2), +2(3), +3, +4(2), +5(3)
PER: 5 meteors. +1, +2, +5(2), +6
GDR: 0 meteors.
ANT: 0 meteors.
23:45 – 00:55. Teff: 1.00 (10 minutes break), F: 1.00, Lm: 6.80, RA: 330, DEC: +15
SPO: 7 meteors. +2, +3(2), +4, +5(3)
CAP: 4 meteors. +3, +4, +5(2)
SDA: 9 meteors. +1, +2(2), +3(2), +4(2), +5, +6
PER: 4 meteors. -2, +1, +3, +5
GDR: 0 meteors.
ANT: 1 meteor. +0
00:55 – 01:55. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.70, RA: 345, DEC: +15
SPO: 18 meteors. +0, +1, +2(2), +3(5), +4(3), +5(4), +6(2)
CAP: 4 meteors. +0, +2, +5(2)
SDA: 12 meteors. -2, -1, +1, +2(3), +3(2), +4(3), +5
PER: 5 meteors. +2(2), +3, +4(2)
GDR: 0 meteors.
ANT: 1 meteor. +3
