This was my second night observing from the dark site of Agios Pavlos in southern Crete. Like the previous night conditions were warm and windy, with some powerful gusts of wind making some minor problems with sand particles hitting my face. Away from that, observing conditions were good, with clear and transparent sky with a limiting magnitude of 6,77. It was a stunning experience to view the south-eastern sky, with the bright stars in Sagitta and Sagittarius that can’t be seen from Norway. They surrounded the rich parts of the Milky Way that glowed with a reddish tint all the way down into the black Libyan Sea. Also, the planets Saturn and Jupiter made up for some good views during the observation.

The Southern Delta Aquarids proved to be a little more active than the previous night, reaching an hourly rate of 4 the last observing hour. Their best appearance was a yellow, -1 mag SDA, right in the densest part of the Milky Way. The Capricornids seemed less active with only 5 meteors seen for 4 hours, the best one being a +1 mag in Aquila. The Perseids reached an hourly rate of 4 the last two hours with high radiant elevation, the brightest being a -1-mag low in the northern horizon. Possible activity from the July Gamma Draconids was also detected, with 3 meteors seen during 4 hours of observation. The sporadic activity was on the weak side this night, with rates varying between 4 and 8.

A total of 57 meteors were observed in 4 hours. Of these were 26 SPO, 5 CAP, 10 SDA, 9 PER, 3 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: 6.77, RA: 255, Dec: +20

SPO: 8 meteors. +0, +3(3), +4(3), +6

CAP: 1 meteor. +2

SDA: 1 meteor. +4

PER: 0 meteors.

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 0 meteors.

21:45 – 22:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 270, Dec: +20

SPO: 6 meteors. -1, +0, +1, +2, +3, +5

CAP: 1 meteor. +2

SDA: 2 meteors. +2, +5

PER: 1 meteor. +4

GDR: 2 meteors. +4, +6

ANT: 1 meteor. +2

22:45 – 23:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 285, Dec: +20

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

CAP: 2 meteors. +1, +5

SDA: 3 meteors. -1, +2, +4

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

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 1 meteor. +3

23:45 – 0045. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 300, Dec: +20

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

CAP: 1 meteor. +5

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

PER: 4 meteors. -1, +3, +4, +5

GDR: 1 meteor. +3

ANT: 2 meteors. +3, +4