Author: Pierre Martin

On the following morning (May 6), I observed for two hours under a crystal clear sky.  It was a comfortable night with only the sound of spring peeper frogs and nocturnal birds!  The Eta Aquariids (ETA) seemed a bit less active...

I enjoyed two beautiful nights of observing the Eta Aquariids (ETA) meteor shower near its peak activity, this past weekend, during the last two hours towards dawn. From my location near Ottawa (Ontario), my latitude is 45...

For the Quadrantids peak night on Friday morning January 4th, I was ready to write it off due to very poor weather.  I checked the clouds forecast at 1:30am (local time) just in case the situation might have improved, and it...

I went out on the morning of December 23 to look for Ursids.  A cold front had just swept through, moving clouds away but not without strong winds.  It was -10C, and the east-end looked favoured, so I chose Johnston road, a...