Since I missed the Perseid Meteor Shower peak last week due to bad sky conditions and my work schedule, and since weather and other factors seem to lie in the way of me observing this shower as it fades away until next year, I decided to take a little time today and go over the notes I've kept so far in 2014. I wanted to tally the number of meteors that I've seen since the year began and the number of showers, both major and minor, that I've been able to detect. Here's what I've come up with; and though it might look impressive, experienced meteor watchers can see numbers like these on one good night, not 18 nights like I've had so far!
TOTAL METEORS SPOTTED SO FAR = 42
TOTAL METEORS BY SHOWER:
Sporadic (SPO) (No shower membership) = 15
Anthelion (ANT) (Year-round source) = 5
S. Delta Aquariid (SDA) = 5
Lyrid (LYR) = 4
Perseid (PER) = 3
Camelopardalid (CAM) = 2
Pi Piscid (PPI) = 2
July Pegasid (JPE) = 2
Alpha Capricornid (CAP) = 2
c-Andromedid (CAN) = 1
Sigma Capricornid (SCA) = 1
METEORS SEEN BY SESSION (asterisk * means that I reported my totals for that session to the I.M.O.)
1. AM Sunday March 16 (Unplanned Observation).
ANT = 1, Total =1
2. AM Sunday March 30 (Planned Observing Session).
ANT = 1, Total = 1
3. AM Sunday April 6 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 2, Total = 2
4. AM Thursday April 10 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, Total = 1
5. AM Wednesday April 23 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, LYR = 4, Total = 5
6. AM Saturday April 26 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, Total = 1
7. AM Monday May 19 (Planned Observing Session).
Total = 0
8. AM Friday May 23 (Planned Observing Session).
CAM = 1, Total = 1
9. AM Saturday May 24 (Planned Observing Session).
CAM = 1, Total = 1
10. AM Friday June 27 (Planned Observing Session).
ANT = 1, Total = 1
11. *AM Sunday June 29 (Planned Observing Session).
ANT = 1, CAN = 1, Total = 2
12. *AM Monday June 30 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, PPI = 1, Total = 2
13. *AM Friday July 4 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 3, SCA = 1, PPI = 1, Total = 5
14. AM Wednesday July 16 (Unplanned Observation).
JPE = 1, Total = 1
15. *AM Friday July 25 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, ANT = 1, JPE = 1, Total = 3
16. AM Monday July 28 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 1, ANT = 1, CAP = 1, SDA = 3, Total = 6
17. *AM Sunday August 3 (Planned Observing Session).
SPO = 3, CAP = 1, SDA = 2, PER = 2, Total = 8
18. PM Wednesday August 13 (Unplanned Observation).
PER = 1, Total = 1
There are still plenty of meteor showers coming from now through the end of the year. Hopefully I can keep getting experience watching and recording them, and get some good clear nights in which to do this.
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