From: Jeremy Tatum <jtatum [at] uvic.ca>
Date: 9/10/2007 10:04 PDT



I'm impressed - there was an Aurigid shower on the dot, 
exactly when you said it would be.

On the morning of Sept 1 I drove to a dark site (near Victoria,
British Columbia), but it was almost totally cloudy, and I was just
about to give up at about 11:10 UT. However, I noticed a small gap
in the clouds in the south, so I raced right through town to get to
a park there. I got there at 11:29 UT, and the very instant that I
got out of my car there was a bright Aurigid. I didn't have to wait
at all. There were two more Aurigids in the next five minutes, so
it was already better that the Perseids, which are a dead loss these
days. Then there was a short gap, and then three more Aurigids plus
a sporadic between 11:46 and 11:51 UT, and then the clouds caught up
with me again. This may not sound like much, but it wasn't a dark
sky and I wasn't dark adapted; these were all bright meteors. It
beat the Perseids hands down. Anyway - well done! I am impressed.
A nice shower. I hope you did well, too.

Jeremy Tatum