American Meteor Society
Paul Martsching
We begin the first in a series of AMS observer profiles with a short article on perhaps the most prolific…
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Robert Hays Jr.
Robert H. Hays, Jr. was born in 1950 and has always lived in the Chicago area. He became interested in…
Bill Watson
Bill Watson was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1943 and became very interested in astronomy by 1950. Having moved…
Pierre Martin
Pierre Martin resides in Ottawa, Ontario. His interest in astronomy grew at a young age from a curiosity and fascination…
Robert Lunsford
Bob has been interested in the stars as far back as he can recall. His parents placed his crib next…
Kim Youmans
Astronomy has always been a great interest of mine as far back as early childhood, when I can recall lying…
Richard Taibi
My interest in space and astronomy was awakened by Sputnik’s launch in 1957. I was 11 then and I bought…
George Gliba
George Gliba was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1948, and lived in the small town of Chagrin Falls, (20 miles…
American Meteor Society’s Founder
By Richard Taibi, AMS Staff Advisor on History Copyright 2007 Richard Taibi McCormick Observatory astronomers spread throughout the nighttime Virginia…
The Early Years of Meteor Observations in the USA
By Richard Taibi AMS Staff Advisor on History The history of meteor observation in the United States contains some surprises…
How to Obtain a Meteor Spectrum
Obtaining a meteor spectrum is not all that complicated. All you need is the equipment, and most of all, a…
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…
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…
Meteor Spectroscopy
1997 marked the 100th anniversary of the first photographic meteor spectrum. This first spectrum was secured by chance during a…
Visual Observing
Introduction Meteor Science is one of the few remaining astronomical fields where amateur astronomers, equipped with only their eyes, can…
About AMS
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is incorporated as a Not-For-Profit Corporation in the State of New York. Quoting from our…