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November issue of eMeteorNews online
Posted by Paul Roggemans | Nov 1, 2022 | e-Zine, News | 0 |
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September issue of eMeteorNews online
Posted by Paul Roggemans | Aug 31, 2022 | e-Zine, News | 0 |
Ongoing outburst from a new radiant on Aquarius/Ca...
Posted by Peter Jenniskens | Aug 17, 2022 | News, Observations | 2 |
A Notch in the Arietids Radio Data and a new so ca...
Posted by Wilhelm Sicking | Jul 7, 2022 | News | 2 |
Meteor Activity Outlook for 4-10 February 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Feb 3, 2023 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday February 5th. At that time the moon will lie opposite the sun and will remain above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the moon will rise later each...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 28 January-3 February 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Jan 27, 2023 | News | 0 |
February offers the meteor observer in the Northern Hemisphere a couple of weak showers plus falling sporadic rates. This may not seem too exiting but you never know when surprises are in store. An errant earthgrazer from the...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 21-27 January 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Jan 20, 2023 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday January 21st. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. As the week progresses the moon will enter the evening sky as a waxing...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 14-20 January 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Jan 12, 2023 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Sunday January 15th. On that date the half-illuminated moon will rise near 01:00 local standard time and will remain in the sky the remainder of the night. As the week progresses the moon’s phase will lessen plus it will rise approximately 45 minutes later with each passing night. During the last half of this period the crescent moon will not be a factor to inhibit meteor observing.
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Identifying meteorite droppers
by Paul Roggemans | Jan 10, 2023 | Meteor Library, News | 0 |
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Identifying meteorite droppers among the population of bright ’sporadic’ bolides imaged by the Spanish Fireball Network during the spring of 2022...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 7-13 January 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Jan 6, 2023 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon wanes from being full to nearly half-illuminated by the end of the period. This is the worst time of the month to try and view meteor activity as only the slow early evening hours are free of interfering moonlight.
Read MoreJanuary issue of eMeteorNews online
by Paul Roggemans | Dec 31, 2022 | e-Zine, News | 0 |
Download eMeteorNews The online content of November – December 2022 has been edited and...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 31 December 2022 – 6 January 2023
by Robert Lunsford | Dec 30, 2022 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon waxes from being half illuminated to nearly full by the end of the period. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set during the early morning hours and will not interfere with meteor watching in the hours just prior to dawn when activity is most plentiful.
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 24-30 December 2022
by Robert Lunsford | Dec 23, 2022 | News | 0 |
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday December 30th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near midnight on that date. This weekend the waxing crescent moon will...
Read MorePossible meteorite dropping fireball December 13, at 16h37m UT above Belgium
by Paul Roggemans | Dec 16, 2022 | News | 0 |
Call for volunteers for a field search A field search will be organized 17-18 December before rainy weather ruins the frozen ground and complicates any searches. FRIPON provides more details in French (or see the Dutch version)....
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 17-23 December 2022
by Robert Lunsford | Dec 15, 2022 | News | 0 |
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...
Read MoreIoana Boaca and & Maria Gritsevich about meteors, how to identify a meteorite
by Paul Roggemans | Dec 15, 2022 | News | 0 |
Ioana Boaca (Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy) and Maria Gritsevich (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, University of Helsinki) chat about their AAS Journal article on meteors, how to identify a...
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