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Meteor Activity Outlook for August 3-9, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT Meteor activity kicks into high gear in August as seen from the northern hemisphere. The main reason for all this activity is the Perseid…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 27-August 2, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Monday July 29th. At this time the moon is located ninety degrees west of the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 20-26, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Monday July 22nd. At this time the moon is located opposite the sun and will be in the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 13-19, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Monday July 15th. At this time the moon is located ninety degrees east of the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 6-12, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Monday July 8th. At this time the moon is located near the sun and is not visible at…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 29-July 5, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. The first half of the month will be much like June. After the 15th…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 22-28, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday June 23th. At this time the moon is located opposite the sun and remains above…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 15-21, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Sunday June 16th. At this time the half-illuminated moon is located ninety…
Gamma Delphinid Results and Observations
It is now 12 hours after the predicted outburst of the Gamma Delphinids. From all the correspondence received it is apparent that no strong rates were "seen" anywhere. Interestingly enough, recent…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 8-14, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday June 8th. At this time the moon is located near the sun and is not visible at…
A Repeat of the Gamma Delphinid Outburst?
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Meteor Activity Outlook for June 1-7, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 4am LDT June is another slow month for meteor activity. There are no major showers active in June and only the Anthelion source can be counted on for…
Large Fireball Meteor with Sonics Over Ohio
Over 200 witnesses reported a large fireball over Ohio last night around 11:05 PM local central time (3:05 UT). The fireball was seen from primarily Ohio and Indiana, but witnesses from West…
Asteroid 1998 QE2
The massive asteroid 1998 QE2 will pass 6.2 million kilometres (3.8 million miles) from the Earth on Friday, May 31st 2013 at 4:59pm EDT (20:59 UT.) We believe 1998 QE2 is as large as 9 times the…
Memorial Day Fireballs
Party goers on the East Coast were graced with two brilliant fireballs last night. The first bolide ( event #1143 ) entered the atmosphere over north central PA around 9:05 PM Eastern time and was…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 25-31, 2013
Radiant Positions at 1am LDT Radiant positions at 5am LDT During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Saturday the 25th. At this time the moon will rise shortly after dusk and set shortly…
Four Fireballs at Four in Last 24 Hours
In the last 24 hours the AMS has received confirmed reports about 4 unique fireball events all occurring near 4:00 AM UTC time. The most recent event occurred in Arkansas and Missouri on May 19th…
Large Fireball with Booms over PA & MD with bonus fireball in CO
Two significant fireballs were reported last night to the AMS both with nearly identical times and headings. On the east coast over 25 witness reported a fragmenting fireball with delayed boom sounds…
