American Meteor Society
Goals
For a number of years, the AMS has supported beginning visual observers of meteors by providing brief observing directions, charts,…
1092 Search Results for
Major Meteor Showers
The meteor showers discussed below recur each year; in some cases they have been recognized for hundreds of years. The…
Observer Profiles
Richard Taibi My interest in space and astronomy was awakened by Sputnik’s launch in 1957. I was 11 then and…
Meteor FAQs
What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, and a meteoroid? How high up do meteors occur? How big…
Report a Fireball
This page gets redirected to /fireball2/form2.php so there is no need to have any content on this page.
Fireball Logs
Each year since 2005, the American Meteor Society receives hundreds of fireball reports. Browse the articles below and take a…
Links
Meteorites Meteorite Bulletin – comprehensive database of known meteorites Asteroids The Minor Planet Center — The MPC operates at the…
Glossary
Absolute magnitude (H10 and H0) This is the brightness a comet would exhibit if placed 1 AU from both the…
Resources
For a list of meteor related terms and definitions, see our meteor glossary. For more information regarding comets, meteors, meteor…
Publications
Meteor Trails Meteor Trails, the journal of the American Meteor Society, is published three times a year. Meteor Trails contains…
History
The American Meteor Society was founded in 1911 by the late Dr. Charles P. Olivier, as an offshoot from the…
Staff
Executive Director Carl W. Hergenrother Treasurer John Perkins Journal Editor Robert Lunsford Historian Richard Taibi Operations Manager Mike Hankey Webmaster…
Programs
On any given night, in British Columbia, an observer will monitor his homemade meteor spectrograph, hoping to catch another rare…
Meteor Spectroscopy
1997 marked the 100th anniversary of the first photographic meteor spectrum. This first spectrum was secured by chance during a…
Radio Observing
An Introduction to Meteor Radio Scatter Whenever a meteor passes through the upper atmosphere it creates a column (actually an…
Video Program
These combined high 8mm video frames display three bright Perseid meteors appearing in the constellation of Cepheus. These meteors were…
Visual Observing
Introduction Meteor Science is one of the few remaining astronomical fields where amateur astronomers, equipped with only their eyes, can…
Fireballs
A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same…
Meteor Showers
A brief period of heightened meteor activity, often occurring regularly in a particular part of the sky at a particular…
About AMS
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is incorporated as a Not-For-Profit Corporation in the State of New York. Quoting from our…