Well unlike the results from the Eta Aquarids , the Camelopardalids produced a much more convincing peak of activity and at the predicted time!
![](http://nicktonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Camel-1024x823.jpg)
Like my Geminid observations , the ‘9db above noise’ plot, produces a nice peak well above the other days either side. Looking at the 3db plot, there is quite a bit of activity the day after the showers peak on the 24th. I wonder if this indicates a higher density of smaller particles on one side of the main trail of debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR?
I also mentioned in my last post, that it would be interesting to plot the declination of the shower radiant over the time of the observation. To get this data I used the ‘Object Properties vs Time’ tab in Astroplanner. Is chose an SAO star as close to the radiant as I could estimate, and plotted the declination over a 24 hour period to produce the following plot.
![](http://nicktonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/radiant-1024x810.jpg)
Having done all this, it suddenly dawned that the Camelopardalis radiant never sets and therefore its change is less likely to make as much of a difference than say a radiant that rises and sets. I plotted the data anyway, and sure enough, the time of the greatest declination of the radiant is 8 hours behind the showers peak.
I should apply this to other previous observations and see if I do get a better match.