Category: Observations

The weather forecast for September 5/6 was excellent and provided a good opportunity to study the late Aurigids, the early September Epsilon Perseids, and the mysterious Chi Cygnids. The night came as promised with calm and...

The long-awaited maximum night of the Aurigids showed up with excellent weather. Some excitements were attached to whether the Aurigids would show a minor enhancement around 00:55 UT as predicted by Sato (2021). I had decided to...

This was the second night of Aurigid observations from my homeplace in Norway. The night arrived with a very transparent sky, and I hoped to observe an increase in the Aurigid rates from 2 nights ago. Some thin drifting clouds...

After observing the maximum of the Perseids under a bright moonlit sky, I was looking forward to observing the Aurigids under dark skies. My first chance came on August 27, and after some hours of early sleep, I went out to my...

The observation of this years Perseid maximum had to be delayed half an hour due to clouds. That left only 2,5 hours suitable for meteor observations before morning twilight. The moon was higher in the sky than the night before,...

After returning from a successful SDA campaign under very dark skies in Crete, it was a bit of a downturn to return to full moon observations under a still bright summer sky in Norway. A good weather forecast still inspired me...

My final night with observations from Agios Pavlos, emerged as a calm and clear night with very transparent sky! The observation started out with good sporadic activity, and only 5 minutes into the observation a brilliant,...

After doing observations for 8 nights in a row, I was starting to dream about a full night of sleep, but that would have to wait for a couple of more nights! Again, the night was calm and clear with a very transparent sky with...

Finally, the night I considered being the maximum of both the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Capricornids had arrived! I had decided to do one more hour of observing, to follow the SDA activity into the morning sky. It was a...

This was my 7th night in a row with observations from Agios Pavlos. The night was calm and warm, and I was excited to see if SDA activity would pick up as we were getting close to the expected maximum. The session was up to a...