(meteorobs) Aurigid sightings from Big Sur, CA

[Larry Tesler]

Saturday morning, I was in an area that was cloudless and free from 
city lights. But with the moon almost directly overhead and the haze 
of seaside humidity, only a few stars were visible to the northeast.

Until 0425 PDT (1125 UTC) I sat in a place with a narrow view of the 
northern sky and observed no events. Then I walked to a location with 
a wider view that included the eastern sky. There, I immediately 
observed a long, bright vertical meteor trail to the northeast. Around 
0435 and around 0505, I saw two similar events. Between these three 
sightings, I observed approximately four dimmer, shorter trails, one 
of which was near the horizon following a horizontal path. 

I ran a digital camera for periods of time. The camera was not running 
for any of the three brighter events, but was for several smaller 
ones. I plan to examine the images Monday night to see whether any 
events were imaged.