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Meteor Activity Outlook for April 15-21, 2023
Ed Albin captured this incredibly bright fireball using his AllSky7 camera meteor video system on September 26, 2022, at 00:04…
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Viewing the Lyrid Meteor Shower in 2023
The Lyrids are particles shed from comet 1861 G1 Thatcher, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1861. Don’t expect this comet to return anytime soon as its orbit has been calculated to be near 415 years!
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 8-14, 2023
Catherine Perkinton was out photographing a colorful aurora display when this brilliant fireball shot through the field of view of the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 1-7, 2023
Stacey Balzum was out photographing an intense aurora display when this brilliant fireball shot through the field of view of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 25-31, 2023
Bart Benjamin captured this bright fireball just above his house on August 2, 2022, at 22:34 CDT (3:34 UT on…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 18-24, 2023
Julie Fearnley was photographing the southern sky from Kandanga, Queensland, Australia on August 20, 2022, at 19:45 AEST (9:45 UT) when…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 4-10, 2023
Jordan Ragsdale captured this bright fireball using his AllSky Camera System on August 12, 2022, at 22:03 MDT (4:03 UT…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 28-February 3, 2023
Ranjit Biswas captured this double bursting fireball on August 4, 2022 at 18:59:11 UT (00:30 IST on August 5) from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 21-27, 2023
Marie Helene Cousin captured this Perseid fireball at 0:33 CEST on August 13, 2022 (22:33 UT on August 12), from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 14-20 2023
Aaron Morris captured this bursting sporadic fireball at 01:56 UT on August 1, 2022 (21:56 EDT July 31), from Griffin,…
Previewing the Major Meteor Showers in 2023
This composite photograph was created from the 2020 Geminid shower by Peter Slansky. We hope that the meteor showers of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 7-13, 2023
Eileen Burdick captured this colorful fireball at 05:20 UT on August 1, 2022 (22:20 PDT July 31), from Beaver, Washington, USA.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 31, 2022 – January 6, 2023
Daniel Bush captured this short fireball at 08:01 UT on July 30, 2022 (3:01 CDT), from Albany, Missouri, USA. The…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 24-30, 2022
Nicolas Rossetto captured this colorful fireball at 00:20 UT on July 31, 2022 (2:20 CEST), from Saint-Thiébaud, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. This…
Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2022
The Ursids are active from December 13-24 with a sharp maximum on December 22nd.
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 17-23, 2022
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Friday December 23rd. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours but should not interfere with meteor observing as long as you keep it out of your field of view.
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 10-16, 2022
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Friday December 16th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near midnight local standard time (LST). This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the late evening hours, allowing a short window of opportunity to view under dark sky conditions between moonrise and dusk.
Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2022
Year in and year out the Geminids are currently the most dependable meteor shower.
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 26-December 2, 2022
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Thursday November 30th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near 2300 local standard time (LST) on November 29th. This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the early evening hours and will not interfere with meteor observing during the more active morning hours.
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 19-25, 2022
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Wednesday November 23rd. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the late morning hours and can be easily avoided by keeping it out of your field of view.
Viewing the Leonid Meteor Shower in 2022
The Leonids are remnants of comet 55P Tempel-Tuttle, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1998. The comet has just passed its farthest point from the sun and is now on its inbound leg of its journey around the sun. It is expected to be closest to the sun again in 2031.