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Meteor Activity Outlook for September 30-October 6, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 29, 2023 -

Amin Golesorkh captured this bright Geminid fireball passing through Orion at 22:00 IRST (18:30 UT) on December 14, 2022, from Shahrud,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 23-29, 2023

Rich Davis captured this colorful fireball with a terminal burst at 1:24 MST (8:24 UT) on December 24, 2022, from…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 22, 2023 - 6

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 16-22, 2023

Daniel Bush captured this extremely bright fireball at 23:43 CST on December 22, 2022 from Albany, Missouri. Although this occurred…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 15, 2023 - 1

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 9-15, 2023

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

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 8, 2023 - 1

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

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):

26Sep 46 reports AL, FL, GA, KY...
22Sep 36 reports IN, MI & OH
21Sep 71 reports IL, IN, KY, MO...
19Sep 52 reports
16Sep 30 reports
16Sep 45 reports

14Sep 85 reports IA, IL, IN, KS...
11Sep 92 reports
10Sep 56 reports
10Sep 346 reports
9Sep 42 reports
7Sep 76 reports

6Sep 164 reports
5Sep 63 reports
4Sep 75 reports FL & GA
3Sep 558 reports CT, DC, DE, MA...
2Sep 44 reports AZ
2Sep 62 reports DE, MD, NJ, NY...

31Aug 54 reports CA & NV
27Aug 64 reports AZ, CA & NV
27Aug 120 reports CO, IA, NE, NM...
21Aug 30 reports
17Aug 80 reports AL, GA, IL, IN...
14Aug 59 reports CO, KS, NE, NM...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 34 reports about fireballs seen over NH, OR, IA, PA, TX, OH, MD, MI, IL, CA, SC, DC, NY, NJ, VA, WA, WI, TN and AK.

We are also currently investigating 14 reports from Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands 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 August 12-18, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 11, 2023 -

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

Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 5, 2023 - 10

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

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 5-11, 2023

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 4, 2023 -

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

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,…

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