Category: Observations
Peculiar meteor above Belgium 2020 May 17
1 Introduction During the night of 2020 May 17 at 01h45m21s UT a peculiar bright meteor appeared...
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Meteor observations during the low season of meteors
Introduction The months of January and February 2020 will enter into the books as cloudy and rainy...
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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.
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CAMS and SkySentinel observe April Fool’s Day bolide in Florida
CAMS and Spalding All-Sky Network (“SkySentinel”) low-light light level video cameras...
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Successful Lyrids 2020 with perfect sky
Large parts of Europe benefit from perfect weather conditions during this moonless period. So far...
Read MoreObserving experiences with radio meteors
A description is given of the observing method and the different applications of the radio observations made at the Venice Planetarium in Italy. 1 Introduction Radio observations of meteors entering the atmosphere can...
Read MoreRadio 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...
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May 2020 issue
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