Category: Observations

Abstract: An overview of the radio observations during September 2021 is given.   The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of...

I ventured out to the west of Ottawa on the morning of September 9, to observe near the peak of the minor September epsilon Perseids shower.  On arrival, I was disappointed to find a completely overcast sky.  Luckily, it cleared...

On the morning of August 16, I went to the Bootland Farm site (about 70km west of Ottawa) for a three hour meteor session.  The sky was clear with average quality transparency (about 2.5/5).  It was slightly hazy, possibly from...

I went to the Moosecreek site (dark  sky site located about 60 km east of Ottawa, Ontario )on the evening of August 11 for a short meteor session, one night before the predicted peak.  It was a very warm 26C, muggy and hazy...

A few nights later, I returned to Bootland Farm for a two hour meteor watch (from about midnight to 2am EDT local time).  The sky conditions were much better than the previous session, with 3/5 transparency, and a quite nice...

After several months of being away from observing, and having rather poor luck with weather for the late 2020 meteor showers maximums, it was good to finally be out again this summer. The period from late July and into August...

2020 URSIDS REPORT: There was a possibility that the 2020 Ursids might produce a series of predicted outbursts during the night of December 21/22. The weather appeared hopelessly cloudy within driving distance, but I decided to...