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Meteor Activity Outlook for September 9-15, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 8, 2023 -

Kevin Bradshaw captured this bright fireball from Irlam, England on December 15, 2022 at 0221 GMT. Although no stars are…

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 2-8, 2023

Mike Lewinski captured this beautiful fireball from Crestone, Colorado, USA on November 28, 2022 at 0231 MST (9:31 UT). The blue…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 1, 2023 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 25-September 1, 2023

Peter Meadows captured this brilliant fireball from Chelmsford, England, on November 24, 2022 at 06:13 GMT using a GMN/UKMON Camera…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 25, 2023 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 19-25, 2023

This brilliant fireball, passing below the bowl of the Little Dipper, was captured by an AllSky Camera System at 20:37…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 18, 2023 - 2

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 12-18, 2023

This brilliant fireball was captured by an AllSky Camera System at 3:10am EST (8:11 UT) on November 27, 2022 from…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 11, 2023 -

Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2023

Comet Dust Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet has an orbit…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 5, 2023 - 10

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 5-11, 2023

Dave Giordano captured this colorful fireball at 3:10am EST (8:11 UT) on November 22, 2022 from Carlisle, Massachusetts USA. For…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 4, 2023 -

Latest Major Fireball Events

Everyday, we receive reports about fireballs from all around the world. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events (with at least 30 reports):

6Sep 116 reports
5Sep 63 reports
4Sep 75 reports FL & GA
3Sep 555 reports CT, DC, DE, MA...
2Sep 44 reports AZ
2Sep 62 reports DE, MD, NJ, NY...

31Aug 53 reports CA & NV
27Aug 64 reports AZ, CA & NV
27Aug 118 reports CO, IA, NE, NM...
17Aug 80 reports AL, GA, IL, IN...
14Aug 59 reports CO, KS, NE, NM...
14Aug 42 reports

13Aug 74 reports
10Aug 75 reports AL, FL, LA, MS...
9Aug 329 reports
5Aug 55 reports
3Aug 54 reports CA
2Aug 90 reports AL, GA, IL, IN...

29Jul 61 reports
27Jul 40 reports
15Jul 40 reports
14Jul 54 reports AL, FL, GA, LA...
9Jul 48 reports
1Jul 98 reports CO, KS, NE, NM...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 69 reports about fireballs seen over TX, AZ, PA, CA, WY, WV, NM, UT, FL, NC, NV, OR, WA, MO, VA, OH, SC, KY, NH and Texas.

We are also currently investigating 158 reports from Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba , Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Dominican Republic, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden.

Meteor Showers Visual Report

You can now contribute to the VMDB (Visual Meteor Database) project by sending your visual reports to the International Meteor Organization or send them via email to the AMS.

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 29-August 4, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jul 29, 2023 -

Following his capture of a bright Taurid on November 5, Eliot Herman captured another exceedingly bright Taurid fireball on November…

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 22-28, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jul 21, 2023 - 5

Dr. Tony Cecala captured this bright multi-bursting Taurid fireball on November 6, 2022, at 05:51 CST (10:51 UT) from Lone…

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 15-21, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jul 14, 2023 -

Eliot Herman captured this bright multi-bursting Taurid fireball on November 5, 2022, at 02:08 MST (9:08 UT) from Tucson, Arizona,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 8-14, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jul 7, 2023 -

Jordan Ragsdale captured this bright fireball near the moon using his AllSky Camera System on November 4, 2022, at 00:58…

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 1-7, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jun 30, 2023 -

Ryan Connor captured this bursting fireball on November 2, 2022, at 02:18 EDT (06:18 UT) from North Royalton, Ohio USA.…

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 24-30, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Jun 23, 2023 -

Steve Allanson captured this brilliant sporadic fireball using an all sky camera on October 31, 2022, at 03:23 MST (10:23…

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