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Meteor Activity Outlook for 23-29 May 2020
During this period, the moon progresses from its new phase to almost half-illuminated. It won’t cause any problems once it enters the evening sky as it will set long before the more active morning hours arrive.
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 16-22 May 2020
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Friday May 22nd . This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours and will only present a slight annoyance the remainder of the morning. One can easily obtain useful observations by keeping the moon out of your field of view.
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 9-15 May 2020
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Thursday May 14th. At that time, the moon lies 90 degrees west the sun and will rise near 03:00 local summer time (LST). This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the evening hours and will challenge the meteor observer by obscuring all but the brighter meteors.
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D64.nl – Meteor detecting project
While researching possibilities to support the Dutch all-sky-cam project, I realized that the...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 2-8 May 2020
During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Thursday May 7th. At this time the moon lies opposite the sun and will remain above the horizon all night long. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set during the early morning hours and will provide a small window of opportunity to view under dark skies between moonset and dawn.
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: (3200) Phaethon
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Near-infrared observations of active asteroid (3200) Phaethon reveal no evidence for hydration This paper has been submitted to Nature...
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May 2020 issue of eMeteorNews online!
Download eMeteorNews The online content of March – April 2020 has been edited and...
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Lyrids 2020 – Visual observation report from Norway
In the period from April 15. to April 21. 2020, the author was able to observe the Lyrids under almost perfectly clear skies for 7 nights in a row. This gave a unique opportunity to observe the ascending phase of Lyrid activity this year. A total of 186 meteors were observed visually, among these 44 Lyrids, in a total of 21,95 hours. Lyrid activity were detected from April 15 – 16 onwards, with less than one meteor an hour towards April 18 – 19. From April 19 – 20, a slight increase in rates were observed, continuing to increase in the night of April 20 – 21 towards the maximum. The highest rates were observed in a short 40-minute period between 22:58 and 23:38 on April 21 – 22, with 9 Lyrids observed. Rates then started to decline towards morning twilight on April 22.
Read More2020 1st Quarter Report, CAMS Florida
This report summarizes CAMS Florida activity during January 1 – March 31, 2020. UFOOrbit was used to generate the summary data from the detection files produced each night using CAMS 2.0 software.
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 25 April – 1 May 2020
During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Thursday April 30th. At this time the moon lies 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near 3:00 local summer time (LST) on May 1st. This weekend the waxing...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Fluxes of Meteor Showers
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Measuring Fluxes of Meteor Showers with the NASA All-Sky Fireball Network This paper has been made available as a preprint on 20 April 2020...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 18-24 April 2020
During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Thursday April 23rd. At this time the moon lies near the sun and is invisible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours but will...
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