Aug 092019
 

I’ve definitely noticed an up-tick in the number of meteors that the SkySentinel camera has been detecting each night. Early this morning it captured 4 with this being the best.

Captured on Aug 09, 2019 @ 0626 (UTC).


This increase is expected as the peak of the currently active Perseid meteor shower is predicted for this coming Tuesday morning (0700L). The camera only captures the brightest meteors so I am sure a human observer would have seen more. The Moon Monday evening/Tuesday morning will be high and very bright which will reduce the visibility of the dimmer meteors but staying up late will still reward the stalwart meteor watcher.
 Posted by at 22:48

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