The Quadrantids (QUA) are usually as strong as the more widely observed Perseids and Geminids, but have a short peak, making them tricky to see at their best. For 2020, it appeared to be promising with an ideal timing of the...
Read MoreHere’s my report on the Ursids. Raymond Dubois joined me for an outing to the L&A Dark Sky Site, located about 190km south-west of Ottawa. The weather forecasts was most promising for this area, although the unseasonably...
Read MoreOn Monday December 2, I setup at a dark sky site west of Ottawa to look for a possible early evening Phoenicids encounter with the dust trail released in 1898 by comet D/1819 W1 (Blanpain). The projected radiant for this...
Read MoreHere’s my report for the possible December Phoenicids (PHO) activity on the evening of November 22. This is a rare, periodic meteor shower that produced only one impressive display in 1956. Its parent object is 289P/Blanpain,...
Read MoreHere’s my report for the Orionids. I was only able to observe on one morning, four days after the peak. Fortunately, the Orionids have a “plateau” of near-maximum rates that can last for a few days. The morning of the 26th...
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