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Major Fireball Over San Antonio Texas
The American Meteor Society has received over 300 reports about a bright fireball over San Antonio Texas Saturday night at approximately 8:45 local time or 2:45 Universal Time. Witnesses reported an…
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 8-14, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Friday November 14th. At this time the…
Major Fireball Over Eastern USA November 3, 2014
The American Meteor Society has received over 1100 reports of a bright fireball on Monday evening, November 3, 2014. It was observed over a large portion of the eastern USA stretching from Georgia…
Daylight Fireball Over Southern USA, November 3, 2014
Reports are arriving to the American Meteor Society of a brilliant fireball occurring near 9:36am Central Standard Time (15:35 UT) on November 3, 2014. So far, reports have arrived from the states of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 1-7, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time As seen from the northern hemisphere, meteor rates continue to be strong in November. While no major…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 25-31, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 5am LDT During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Thursday October 30th. At this time the moon is located 90 degrees east of the…
Viewing the Orionid Meteor Shower in 2014
The next few nights will provide the best Orionid rates of the year. The peak is predicted for the night of October 21/22 but the maximum is not sharp so rates will be near maximum between October…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 18-24, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Thursday October 23th. At this time the moon is located…
Fireball caught on camera on October 16th, 2014
Ben Lewis took this time-lapse on October 16th, 2014 between 4:30AM and 4:50AM CET (CANON 6D 35MM @ f1.4 10" ISO1600 with a 10" delay between frames.) These pictures are very unique: we can cleary…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 11-17, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Wednesday October 15th. At this time the moon…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 4-10, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Daylight Time Meteor activity in general increases in October when compared to September. A major shower (the Orionids) is…
Meteor Activity Outlook for September 27-October 3, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Wednesday October 1st. At this time the moon…
Four Large Fireball Events over USA
Four large unique fireball events were reported to the AMS last night. Event #2305-2014 was seen at approximately 1:11 local time (EDT) in FL and GA. Event #2306-2014 - Over 420 witnesses from IL…
Meteor Activity Outlook for September 20-26, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday September 23rd. At this time the moon is located…
Major Fireball over eastern USA – September 14th 2014
The American Meteor Society has received over 300 reports of a bright fireball occurring over a wide area in the eastern USA. It occurred near 10:55pm EDT on the evening of September 14, 2014. There…
Major Fireball over Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia - September 13th 2014
The American Meteor Society has received nearly 300 reports of a bright fireball occurring over Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. This object appeared near 8:25pm PDT on the evening of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for September 13-19, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 4am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Tuesday September 16th. At this time the moon…
Meteor Activity Outlook for September 6-12, 2014
Radiant Positions at 1am Local Daylight Time Radiant Positions at 4am Local Daylight Time During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Monday September 8th. At this time the moon is located…
