Category: Observations
Radio 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...
Read MoreRadio observations in November 2019
Abstract: The results of the author’s radio meteor observations for November 2019 are presented, as well as the first observing results of the meteor showers of the Leonids and the Northern Taurids (NTA) according to the...
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Radio meteors November 2019
An overview of the radio observations during November 2019 is given. The graphs show both...
Read MoreObservation November 22/23 2019
Here’s my report for the possible December Phoenicids (PHO) activity on the evening of November 22. This is a rare, periodic meteor shower that produced only one impressive display in 1956. Its parent object is 289P/Blanpain,...
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Observation October 25/26 2019
Here’s my report for the Orionids. I was only able to observe on one morning, four days after the...
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alpha Monocerotids activity but no spectacular outburst
Abstract: The predicted alpha Monocerotids outburst did materialize. Although early visual and...
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