Finally, for the first time since the peak night of the Perseids we got a few clear nights in Tucson. The nights of Sep 16/17 and 17/18 saw 44 and 37 meteors being detected by the SALSA3 camera system, respectively. Most of the meteors are sporadics meaning they are not affiliated with any known shower. The Orionids (ORI) which will be a major producer of meteors for a few days around its Oct 21 peak were producing a few meteors per night. Other minor showers such as the September Perseids (SPE), September Lyncids (SLY) and Delta Aurigids (DAU) were occasional meteor producers.
A new meteor shower was reported by Petr Jenniskens in the Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. The Chi Cygnids (CCY) was seen in video data from Europe and California on the nights of Sep 14 and 15 UT. A quick look through my data did not turn up any CCY candidates.
Obs Date(UT) Time TOT SPO ANT ORI SPE SLY DAU Oth SAL 2015-09-20 08h 55m 28 19 3 1 - 1 1 3 SAL 2015-09-19 06h 48m 17 14 0 1 - 0 1 1 SAL 2015-09-18 09h 31m 37 26 4 2 - 1 3 1 SAL 2015-09-17 10h 30m 44 36 4 2 1 0 - 2 SAL 2015-09-16 04h 29m 9 4 2 1 1 0 - 1 SAL 2015-09-15 08h 54m 16 8 2 1 0 3 - 2 SAL 2015-09-14 03h 50m 21 13 1 5 1 0 - 1 SAL 2015-09-13 05h 05m 27 17 4 1 2 2 - 1 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 ORI - Orionids SPE - September Perseids SLY - September Lyncids DAU - Delta Aurigids Oth - other minor showers
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 