Trying to avoid the problems with flying sand from the previous nights, I had found a rockier ground to make observation from. This fourth night of observation in my 2022 SDA campaign, started regardless out as calm and windless. The wind gusts were replaced by another nuisance named mosquitoes. Luckily, I was well prepared with a mosquito repellent deodorant in my pocket, which had to be used every hour to keep the mosquitoes away. The bats were also quite active this night, flying over my camping bed.

The Southern Delta Aquarids started out as the previous nights, with rates approaching 4 the second hour. In the fourth hour a “burst” of activity occurred, with rates reaching 9, making out the first sign of rising activity towards the maximum. The meteors were on the faint side, with the brightest SDA being of magnitude +2. The Capricornids were also doing well with steady rates of 4, except for a dip to 1 in the third hour. A couple of bright Capricornids is worth mentioning. The first one being a yellow, slow moving, -2 magnitude CAP with fragments gliding into Ophiuchus. The second one was a bluish -2 magnitude in Andromeda. Perseid rates were as the previous nights, reaching 3 the last two hours with high radiant elevation. The sporadic rates climbed steadily from 6 the first hour, to 15 the last hour before dawn. At 22:18 UT a yellow, slow moving sporadic meteor of magnitude -1 glided into Aquarius. At 23:20 another yellow, slow moving meteor of magnitude -2 appeared in Bootes.

A total of 83 meteors were seen in 4 hours. Of these were 43 Sporadic, 13 CAP, 15 SDA, 8 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)

 

20:45 – 21:45. Teff: 1.00, F:1.00, Lm: 6.72, RA: 255, Dec: +20

SPO: 6 meteors. +0, +3(2), +4, +5, +6

CAP: 4 meteors. +1(2), +3, +4

SDA: 0 meteors.

PER: 0 meteors.

GDR: 1 meteor. +3

ANT: 0 meteors.

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

SPO: 9 meteors. -1, +0, +2, +3(3), +4, +6(2)

CAP: 4 meteors. -2, +0, +5(2)

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

PER: 2 meteors. +1, +4

GDR: 0 meteors

ANT: 1 meteor. +5

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

SPO: 13 meteors. -2, +2(3), +3(2), +4(3), +5(3), +6

CAP: 1 meteor. +3

SDA: 2 meteors. +4, +5

PER: 3 meteors. +2(2), +6

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 1 meteor. +5

23:45 – 00:45. Teff: 1.00, F: 1.00, Lm: 6.77, RA: 300, Dec: +20

SPO: 15 meteors. -1, +1, +2, +3(4), +4(3), +5(4), +6

CAP: 4 meteors. -2, +2, +4, +5

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

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

GDR: 0 meteors.

ANT: 1 meteor. +4