Perseid Meteors Saturday Night

Hi all, it was such a good sight to actually see the stars again after some time, last night it had cleared up for over an hour, and I managed to see about 10 perseid meteors , a lot of which were bright, fast, and had left bright trails lasting for a couple of seconds, so it seems to be building up nicely.

I also noticed that there was a lot of activity coming form a source in the constellation Aquarius last night with regard to meteors also. Although they were in gemeral fainter that the perseids, I counted another 10 coming from a point in the southeast over the course of the hour.

Was this expected, or was it unusual?

Keith..

Hi Keith,

well the delta aquarid meteor shower is currently still active and will remain active until about August 18th, this could explain the meteors coming from a radiant in the constellation Aquarius.

Thanks John, I looked it up and it seems to fit in, pity the weather is now so poor........

Keith..

Its not going to get any easier with the full moon on the 16th either. Seeing any perseids or delta aquarids with a full moon or quarter moon is hard even with a clear night.

Ah, but the Moon will be very subtantially eclipsed!

If it's clear I'm heading to the Burren.
Id love to see the eclipsed Moon rising and the possibility of a meteor or two with it would be cool.