Month: August 2017

The following are summaries of my late July/early August 2017 observations from North Florida. ...

Figure 1. Perseid fireball magnitude -6, August 13, 2017 at 00:58 UT. It is from 2012 that I had a...

During this period the moon will reach its last quarter phase on Tuesday August 15. At this time the moon will be located 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near midnight local summer time (LST). This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the late evening hours and will illuminate the sky for the remainder of the night, reducing the number of meteors seen.