Presented here are results from the last two nights of May. While the very last night was almost completely clouded out (only a single sporadic meteor was detected), the second to last night saw 17 meteors detected. May is usually a slow month for meteors. A nightly tally of 17 may not seem like much but it is actually the highest number of meteors detected by one of cameras on May 30. The previous high was 13 which was recorded in 2011, 2014 and 2015.
Obs Date(UT) Time TOT SPO ANT NSC SOP JMC SAL 2017-05-31 03h 10m 1 1 0 0 0 0 SAL 2017-05-30 07h 11m 17 13 0 2 2 0 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 - Anthelions NSC - Northern Omega Scorpiids SOP - Southern May Ophiucids JMC - June mu Cassiopeiids Oth - other minor showers
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 