Draconids

[Owmuchonomy]

I wasn’t really looking for any action last night as the shower is usually a weak one but around 9:30pm just as I arrived home after our bike ride we were treated to an excellent fireball passing between Alkaid and Seginus. The colour was a dominant red. I’m not sure if that is typical of this shower but it was certainly an excellent view. I set up to image Mars later but the skies were quiet although my back was turned toward the radiant. Any others spot anything?

[AKB]

Well, yes!  The very same, or similar.  I was facing west and it came from the radiant.

I was having a quick EEVA session having discovered that I was previously using the wrong camera back focus... much better stars now!  We had also had an hour or so’s power cut a bit earlier in the evening, so I was a bit disorganised.  Session ended around 11pm when my internet connection to the mount dropped out.   Something else to investigate!

Tony