Here’s my results for the morning of July 30th 2017. Third night in a row! The sky was actually cloudy when I got there, so I slept in the car until 2am. I signed-on as soon as it cleared up and I was able to observe for a couple of hours until morning twilight. The transparency was a very decent average-quality. Between 2:10-4:10am, I saw a total of 58 meteors. This included 14 S. Delta Aquariids, 9 Perseids, 5 phi Piscids, 4 Capricornids, 2 N. Delta Aquariids, 2 July Pegasids, one Gamma Draconid, one anthelion, one Eridanid, one psi Cassiopeiid and 18 sporadics.
Both hours actually were equally active with 29 meteors.
The Eridanid at 2:43am was an impressive 60 degrees long earthgrazer that flared twice along its path up to mag +3. Seconds later, a nice slow mag -1 Capricornid flared just south of Pegasus.
At 3:33am, a mag -3 S. Delta Aquariid produced a bright flare — nice!!
At 3:58am, I saw a very fast moving satellite that passed near the zenith from west to east. It was very dim (approx mag +5) but was it ever cruising!! I wouldn’t be surprised if this was about to re-enter the atmosphere!
July 29/30 2017, 06:10-08:10 UT (02:10-04:10 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(Long: -76 deg 29′; Lat: 45 deg 23′)
Observed showers:
gamma Draconids (GDR) – 18:44 (281) +50
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 20:24 (306) -09
Anthelion (ANT) – 21:16 (319) -16
Northern delta Aquariids (NDA) – 22:15 (334) -04
Southern delta Aquariids (SDA) – 22:42 (340) -16
Piscids Austrinids (PAU) – 22:56 (344) -24
July Pegasids (JPE) – 00:16 (004) +16
Perseids (PER) – 01:52 (028) +54
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 02:16 (034) -16
phi Piscids (PPS) – 02:44 (041) +35
psi Cassiopeiids (PCA) – 00:50 (013) +64
06:10-07:10 UT (02:10-03:10 EDT); clear; 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.50; facing SSE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr; 14C
SDA: six: +2(3); +3; +4; +5
CAP: three: -1; +2; +3
PER: three: +1; +4; +5
PPS: two: +1; +5
GDR: one: +5
ANT: one: +4
JPE: one: +2
ERI: one: +3
PCA: one: +5
Sporadics: ten: +3; +4(3); +5(6)
Total meteors: Twenty-nine
07:10-08:10 UT (03:10-04:10 EDT); clear; 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.35; facing SSE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr; 13C
SDA: eight: -3; +2; +3(2); +4(4)
PER: six: -3; 0; +4(2); +5(2)
PPS: three: +1; +4; +5
NDA: two: +2; +3
CAP: one: 0
JPE: one: +4
Sporadics: eight: +2; +4(2); +5(5)
Total meteors: Twenty-nine
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
