Category: Observations

On the following night, I decided to go to the Moose Creek site (60km east of Ottawa) for a short one hour pre-dawn session to see what the Perseids were up to just one day before the peak.  It was a bit of a race against an...

Here’s the second half of my 2019 Perseids meteor observing campaign.  Most of the Perseid action occurs every year on or near August 12, but I have always enjoyed following the rising and declining stages of all the...

The stretch of clear nights over eastern Ontario continued!  Here’s my results for the morning of August 9.  I observed for three hours at the Bootland Farm site until morning twilight.  The sky was clear but very hazy and...

The sky cleared briefly on August 5/6 to allow a quick one hour meteor watch at around midnight.  I drove to the Moose Creek site, which is a shorter drive from home (about 50 km), and it also allowed me to check out the...

On the night of August 4/5, I returned to Bootland Farm to join Dan Vasiu who was also there to observe meteors.  We arrived together at about 11pm, near moonset.  The sky was much better than the previous session, even though a...

On the morning of August 3, I observed at Bootland Farm (located 80 km west of Ottawa) for a couple of hours until morning twilight.  It was a warm (20C), muggy night with lots of mosquitoes.  The sky was hazy and covered in a...

For the the third night of observing, Ivan and I once again setup on the beach by the water facing the south-east sky.  This time, Ivan used a handy folding cart to carry his telescope and gear from the parking lot, over to the...

On the next clear night, we decided to setup on a quiet beach at Bon Echo Park with an open view of the sky.  The sky was great, with just some minor low lying fog.  The sky further improved late at night, and the summer Milky...