(meteorobs) Observation August 14/15 2013

[Pierre Martin]

Hi Michel,

That's good to hear!  Did you also notice any late ERI activity by any chance?

Clear skies,

Pierre



On 2013-08-18, at 2:53 PM, Michel Vandeputte <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pierre
> 
> I can confirm the late SDA meteor activity. 
> 
> Nice reports! 
> 
> Long trains,
> 
> Michel Vandeputte
>  
> 
> 
> > From: pmartin at teksavvy.com
> > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:56:34 -0400
> > To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Observation August 14/15 2013
> > 
> > I went to Bootland Farm on Thursday morning to check out Nova Delphini and observe the post-max Perseids (PER). Sky was very nice (3/5 trans, mag 6.5-6.6), clear, 12C, a light breeze and no bugs.
> > 
> > I signed on for meteors at 2:10am (local time) and watched for two hours. It was actually a rather entertaining session with 67 meteors. Nowhere near the rates of last Monday morning, but with a lower expectation away from the peak, I was pleased. The PER were evidently on their declining slope, but still active enough to be the main shower activity with 28 of them seen. The brightest PER was a long mag -2 that left a 5 sec train. Other showers were active in small numbers, and I was surprised to see a few late Delta Aquariids. It's like they don't seem to want to give up. The Eta Eridanids were also fairly active with a few very swift meteors. The brighter ones appeared blue-green and were usually trained.
> > 
> > 
> > August 14/15 2013 2013, 06:10-08:30 UT (02:10-04:30 EDT)
> > Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada 
> > (Long: -76 deg 29'; Lat: 45 deg 23')
> > 
> > Observed showers:
> > Kappa Cygnids (KCG) - 18:56 (284) +49
> > Alpha Capricornids (CAP) - 20:45 (311) -07
> > Antihelions (ANT) - 22:04 (331) -10
> > Delta Aquariids (SDA) - 23:28 (352) -13
> > Eta Eridanids (ERI) - 02:56 (044) -11
> > Perseids (PER) 03:12 (048) +58
> > Alpha Triangulids (ATR) - 03:12 (048) +40
> > 
> > 
> > Period 1: 06:10-07:10 UT; clear; F 1.00; LM 6.58; facing SE50 deg; teff 1.00 hr.
> > PER: fourteen: +1(2); +2(4); +3; +4(3); +5(4)
> > KCG: two: 0; +2
> > ANT: two: +2; +4
> > SDA: two: 0; +1
> > ERI: two: +1; +2
> > ATR: one: +5
> > CAP: none
> > Sporadics: seven: +1; +3; +4(4); +5
> > Total meteors: thirty
> > 
> > Period 2: 07:25-08:30 UT; clear; F 1.00; LM 6.60; facing S50 deg; teff 1.05 hr.
> > Break: 08:09-08:11 (2 min dead time)
> > PER: fourteen: -2; 0; +1; +2(2); +3(2); +4(4); +5(3)
> > ERI: three: -1; 0; +2
> > SDA: two: +5(2)
> > KCG: one: +2
> > ANT: one: +5
> > ATR: one: +3
> > CAP: one: 0
> > Sporadics: fourteen: +2(4); +3; +4(5); +5(4)
> > Total meteors: thirty-seven
> > 
> > 
> > Clear skies,
> > 
> > Pierre Martin
> > Ottawa, Ontario
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