Category: Observations
Radio observation of Starlink satellites in Venice
The Starlink satellite processions are generally observable with the naked eye or in most cases with binoculars at certain times of the night. However, they can also be observed as they pass in the daytime or if they are in the...
Read MoreRadio meteors in March 2020
An overview of the radio observations during March 2020 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of manually counted...
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Four decades of visual work: a lifetime of visual meteor observations
Abstract: December 2019 marks the end of a four-decade long period with visual meteor...
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The Quadrantids in 2019: a great show
Introduction The Quadrantids are always the first active meteor shower of the year. The...
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The alpha Monocerotid outburst of 22 November 2019: an analysis of the visual data
Introduction In the book Meteorshowers and Their Parent Comets [1] p. 617 Peter Jenniskens...
Read MoreRadio meteors in January 2020
An overview of the radio observations during January 2020 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of manually counted...
Read MoreUsing meteor interarrival times to obtain the rate of the alpha Monocerotid (AMO#246) outburst
CAMS-Florida observes the November 2019 alpha Monocertid (AMO#246) outburst The MeteorNews article dated 6 Nov 2019 by Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens alerted meteor observers to the possibility of a “short-lived outburst” of...
Read MoreObservation December 22/23 2019
Here’s my report on the Ursids. Raymond Dubois joined me for an outing to the L&A Dark Sky Site, located about 190km south-west of Ottawa. The weather forecasts was most promising for this area, although the unseasonably...
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An ordinary Geminid fireball
On 15 December, 2019 at 5:21 UT the biggest fireball of the 2019’s Geminid meteor stream lighted...
Read MoreObservation December 2/3 2019
On Monday December 2, I setup at a dark sky site west of Ottawa to look for a possible early evening Phoenicids encounter with the dust trail released in 1898 by comet D/1819 W1 (Blanpain). The projected radiant for this...
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The Perseids 2019 from Ermelo, the Netherlands
The Perseids of 2019 were very unfavorable in terms of moonlight. During the nights of 11/12 and...
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Midsummer meteor observations from the Netherlands
After the two successful nights in northern France [1], a number of clear nights followed in June...
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