Author: Pierre Martin

This year had a possibility of enhanced Draconids activity (see https://www.imo.net/possible-draconid-activity-next-week/) so I made a special effort to observe, particularly on the night of October 6/7 when the two dust trails...

On the evening of August 7, I enjoyed a short one hour meteor session just as the gibbous moon was rising in the east.  To minimize the glare, I faced the north-north-east to keep the Perseids radiant in view. During that hour,...

The weather continued to be favourable so I went out again on the July 30/31 night to observe during the short two hours window before dawn (moonset at 2:34am).  The sky was again very clear, although the temperature was warmer...

I had much better luck on this night at Bootland Farm, a dark site located south-west of Arnprior.  The post-midnight sky was completely clear with above average transparency, and it looked fantastic!  The Milky Way was thick...