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 at 18C so the pesky bugs were out, but they were not too bad.

In two hours, I saw 55 meteors (14 South delta Aquariids, 9 Perseids, 5 North delta Aquariids, 3 alpha Capricornids, 3 July chi Arietids, 2 49-Andromedids, 2 psi Cassiopeiids, 2 July Pegasids, 1 Anthelion, 1 July gamma Draconid and 13 sporadics).  It’s a bit challenging keeping track of all these radiants at this time of the year, but that is part of the fun!  : )

The nicest meteor was at 2:32am; a mag -1 yellow-orange CAP near the zenith, that traced a 15 degrees path.  A close second was at 4:13am; a -3 blue PER in Aquarius that flared and left a 3 sec train.

Observation July 30/31 2020, 06:25-08:30 UT (02:25-04:30 EDT)
Location: Bootland Farm (Stewartville), Ontario, Canada
(45°23’N 76°29’W)

Observed showers:
July gamma Draconids (GDR) – 18:37 (279) +50
alpha Capricornids (CAP) – 20:30 (309) -09
Anthelion (ANT) – 21:28 (322) -15
North delta Aquariids (NDA) – 22:26 (336) -02
South delta Aquariids (SDA) – 22:53 (343) -15
Piscis Austrinids (PAU) – 23:08 (347) -23
July Pegasids (JPE) – 00:04 (001) +15
Perseids (PER) – 02:09 (032) +55
eta Eridanids (ERI) – 02:26 (036) -15
49 Andromedids (FAN) – 02:36 (039) +53
psi Cassiopeiids (PCA) – 02:54 (043) +75
July chi Arietids (JXA) – 03:12 (048) +13

06:25-07:25 UT (02:25-03:25 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.45; facing S50 deg; teff 1.00 hr
SDA: six: +1; +2(2); +4(3)
PER: four: +1; +4(2); +5
CAP: three: -1; +3(2)
JXA: two: +4; +5
GDR: one: +3
ANT: one: +5
NDA: one: +5
FAN: one: +5
PCA: one: +4
JPE: one: +4
Sporadics: five: +2; +5(4)
Total meteors: Twenty-six

07:25-08:30 UT (03:25-04:30 EDT); clear; 4/5 trans; F 1.00; LM 6.19; facing S50 deg; teff 1.08 hr
SDA: eight: +2(2); +3(2); +4(2); +5(2)
PER: five: -3; +2; +4(2); +5
NDA: four: +3(3); +5
JPE: one: +5
FAN: one: +5
PCA: one: +3
JXA: one: +5
Sporadics: eight: +3(2); +4(3); +5(3)
Total meteors: Twenty-nine

Clear skies,

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario