Aug 6 Meteors

That’s more like it. With the software timing issue fixed (it was shutting down my system a good 2-3 hours prior to dawn), my nightly total jumped from ~20 to 45 meteors. The higher number really highlights how the last 2-3 hours of the night is best for meteor watching.

Two showers account for 24 of the 45 meteors. The Southern Delta Aquariids peaked a week ago but are still producing a good number of meteors. The Perseids are the main shower visible right now. They are building towards a peak on the night of August 12/13. According to visual reports submitted to the International Meteor Organization (IMO), the Perseids are already producing ZHR rates of ~20 per hour. [Note, that ZHRs are idealized rates for perfect observing circumstances. Most observers will see lower rates in the 5-10 per hour range.] On the night of the peak, ZHRs may reach ~60-150 per hour though a very bright near Full Moon will greatly decrease the rates actually seen.

Obs Date(UT)    Time   TOT SPO ANT CAP PAU PER SDA SIA ERI ATR KCG BAR
SAL 2014-08-07 09h 06m  45  12  2   1   0   17  7   2   2   1   1   0
                  also no PPS or SIA were seen over the 3 nights

SAL - SALSA3 camera in Tucson (Carl Hergenrother)
VIS - Visual observations from Tucson (Carl Hergenrother)
Time - 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
PAU - Piscis Austrinids
PER - Perseids
SDA - Southern Delta Aquariids
SIA - Southern Iota Aquariids
ERI - Eta Eridanids
ATR - Alpha Triangulids
KCG - Kappa Cygnids
BAR - Beta Arietids