July 15/16 Meteors

Carl Hergenrother

Bob’s camera in San Diego has been producing the most detected meteors lately. From his notes: “Another clear but hazy night. Rates were down compared to yesterday, especially for the sporadic counts.”

Here in Tucson my camera was running all night but most of the time the sky was full of clouds. I’m still waiting for a nice clear night.

Obs  Date (UT)   TotTime TOT SPO ANT CAP SDA PAU
TUS  2009-07-15  07h 53m  4   4   0   0   0   0
SDG  2009-07-15  07h 20m  30  23  4   1   1   1

TUS – Camera in Tucson operated by Carl Hergenrother
SDG – Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford
TotTime – Total amount of time each camera looked for meteors
TOT – Total number of meteors detected
SPO – Sporadics (meteors not affiliated with any particular meteor shower)
ANT – Antihelions
CAP – Alpha Capricornids
SDA – Southern Delta Aquariids
PAU – Piscids Australids

Published by Carl Hergenrother

I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.