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, I saw 10 meteors (7 Perseids, 1 Anthelion and 2 sporadics). These numbers are quite low, but it was quite early in the night and the moon was very bright. There were a few nice Perseids that reached +1 and 0. The brightest one left a two sec train.
Observation August 7/8 2020, 02:50-03:52 UT (22:50-23:52 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(45°23’N 76°29’W)
Observed showers:
kappa Cygnids (KCG) – 18:52 (283) +48
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 21:01 (315) -07
Anthelion (ANT) – 21:56 (329) -13
North delta Aquariids (NDA) – 22:51 (343) +00
South delta Aquariids (SDA) – 23:20 (350) -13
Piscis Austrinids (PAU) – 23:34 (353) -20
Perseids (PER) – 02:49 (042) +57
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 02:50 (042) -13
02:50-03:52 UT (22:50-23:52 EDT); clear; 3/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 5.95; facing NNE60 deg; teff 1.01 hr
PER: seven: 0; +1(2); +2; +3; +4(2)
ANT: one: +3
Sporadics: two: +4(2)
Total meteors: Ten
Breaks: 02:55-02:56 UT (1 min dead time)
Clear skies,
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
