The Perseids put on a better show, but this was still nice. I counted 17 meteors from 4:15 - 5:15 AM (11:15 - 12:15 UT). About half of those were around 1st to 2nd magnitude, with the rest being 3rd magnitude or fainter. One spectacular meteor flashed up to about -3 magnitude, lighting up some surrounding alto-cumulus clouds as it blew past Sirius. My wife saw one through our bedroom window just before I headed outside, and she decided that had to be the best way to watch this or any other meteor shower. :) Like Jimmy, I shot 30 second exposures with my Canon Digital Rebel the whole time I was outside. Only one of the meteors I noticed was inside the frame of my camera, and it was too faint to pull out of the noise in the photo. I did find another exposure with a meteor I had not noticed visually. It was just east of Auriga and had a path intersecting the southeastern edge of the constellation. I'm pretty sure this was well outside the zone for the Alpha Aurigid radiant making it a sporadic meteor. It was close though. And fairly colorful. The photo can be seen here: http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000720.html Jeremy Perez http://beltofvenus.perezmedia.net On Sep 1, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Jimmy Ray wrote: > Well the word "Rare" seemed to fit from north Glendale. Those folks > out at > the dark sites may have faired better but for me I had a couple of > meteors > from 4:15 to 4:25, then a "flurry" of six from 4:26 to 4:31 (4 - > bright's > and 2 - "fireballs") then a stray one about 4:45. I went in at > 5:00. I had > the camera sitting next to me "clicking away" so I'll have to see > what if > anything was captured (one satellite for sure). > > Jimmy Ray -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.