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Meteor Activity Outlook for March1-7, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time As seen from the northern hemisphere, March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual…
New Jersey Fireball
A large and bright fireball was seen and reported by approx. 100 witnesses across Northern US East Coast (February 24th 2014, 9:11pm EST - February 25th 2014, 2:11pm UT). The fireball was seen from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 22-28, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday February 22nd. At this time the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 15-21, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon begins at its full phase then wanes down to nearly one-half illuminated by…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 8-14, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Friday February 14th. At this time the moon will…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 1-7, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time February offers the meteor observer in the northern hemisphere a couple of weak showers plus falling…
Bright Mid West Fireball
The American Meteor Society has received over 100 reports of a bright fireball seen from mid western states at approximately 8:30 PM local eastern time. Witnesses from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 25-31, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Thursday January 30th. At this time the moon will…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 18-24, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Friday January 24th. At this time the moon…
New England Fireball
A large, bright, long duration fireball was seen and reported by hundreds of witnesses last night across New England (January 12th 2014, 5:20pm EST - 22:20 UT.) Witnessed reported the brightness…
Meteor Activity from Comet ISON?
Radiant Area for Possible ISONids Meteors There have been several articles published about the possibility of meteor activity from Comet C/2012 S1 ISON. During the inbound portion of the comet's…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 11-17, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant Positions at 5am Local Standard Time During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Wednesday January 15th. At this time the moon will…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 4-10, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight LST Radiant positions at 5am LST January is best known for the Quadrantids, which have the potential of being the best shower of the year. Unfortunately this shower is…
Viewing the 2014 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Examples of Quadrantid meteors seen near 5am local standard time on Jan 3 while facing north The Quadrantids or January Bootes are active from January 1 st through the 10 th each year. They reach…
Massive Fireball Over Iowa and Minnesota
The AMS has now received 1489 reports which makes this event the most widely reported fireball occurrence since the fireball list was resurrected back in 2005. Witnessed described a fireball as…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 28, 2013-January 3, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight LST Radiant positions at 5am LST During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Wednesday January 1st. At this time the moon will lie near the sun and will be…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 21-27, 2013
Radiant Positions at Midnight LST Radiant positions at 5am LST During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Wednesday December 25th. At this time the moon will lie 90 degrees west of…
2014 Meteor Shower List
The 2014 Meteor Shower List is presented in four separate parts. The showers are broken down by intensity with major, minor, variable, and weak showers being separated into their own groups. The…
