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Meteor Activity Outlook for February 1-7, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 1, 2025 -

Dee Hayman captured this nice fireball while photographing an aurora display on September 24, 2024, at 2250 PDT (05:20 UT…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 25-31, 2025

Jamie McBean captured this bright fireball on September 14, 2024, at 2020 BST (19:20 UT) from Herne Bay, United Kingdom.…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 24, 2025 - 1

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 18-24, 2025

Dan Bush captured this multi-bursting fireball just above his southern horizon on September 7, 2024, at 2142 CDT (02:42 UT…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 17, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 11-17, 2025

Bertalan Kecskés captured this long Perseid fireball silhouetted against the Milky Way on August 12, 2024, at 23:29 CEST (21:29…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 10, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 4-10, 2025

Jordan Ragsdale captured this massive fireball using his AllSky Camera System on August 17, 2024, at 3:27 MDT (9:27 UT)…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 3, 2025 -

Viewing the 2025 Quadrantid Meteor Shower

Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 1, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 28, 2024 – January 3, 2025

David Wegmann captured this brilliant sporadic fireball while trying to capture Perseids on August 14, 2024, at 02:14 CEST (00:14…

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 27, 2024 -

Latest Major Fireball Events

Everyday, we receive reports about fireballs from all around the world. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events (with at least 30 reports):

31Jan 30 reports FL
31Jan 59 reports
28Jan 70 reports IA, IL, IN, KS...
28Jan 71 reports IN, MD, NC, OH...
18Jan 72 reports IA, IL, IN, MI...
17Jan 43 reports OR & WA

15Jan 81 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
7Jan 41 reports
3Jan 32 reports
31Dec 35 reports FL, GA, NC & SC
25Dec 30 reports
22Dec 73 reports

22Dec 37 reports
21Dec 153 reports AL, AR, FL, GA...
21Dec 61 reports AL, FL, GA, IN...
18Dec 40 reports ID, MT, OR & WA
17Dec 32 reports
13Dec 50 reports AZ, CO, NM, NV...

12Dec 38 reports GA, IN, KY, MI...
12Dec 37 reports DE, MD, NC, NJ...
10Dec 48 reports IL, IN, MI, MO...
2Dec 49 reports KS & OK
1Dec 40 reports
24Nov 39 reports MA, NY, NH & VT

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 9 reports about fireballs seen over AK, CA, SC, NY, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland and Colorado.

We are also currently investigating 11 reports from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy and Uruguay.

Meteor Showers Visual Report

You can now contribute to the VMDB (Visual Meteor Database) project by sending your visual reports to the International Meteor Organization or send them via email to the AMS.

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 21-27, 2024

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 20, 2024 -

Cullen Brown captured this bright Perseid fireball on August 12, 2024, at 01:16 CDT (06:16 UT) from Canyon Lake. Texas…

Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2024

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 19, 2024 - 1

Wade Earle captured these Ursids from rural eastern Oregon, USA, on the evening of December 21, 2020, when the first…

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 14-20, 2024

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 13, 2024 - 1

Andreas Noack captured this bright Perseid fireball on August 12, 2024, at 22:58 CEST (20:58 UT) from Peine, Germany. ©Andreas…

Viewing the 2024 Geminid Meteor Shower

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 9, 2024 - 3

Michel Deconinck, the assistant comet recorder for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, also loves watching meteor showers. This…

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 7-13, 2024

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 6, 2024 -

Charles Felder captured this brilliant fireball using his on July 30, 2024, at 00:02 CDT (5:02 UT) from Avery, Texas,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 30-December 6, 2024

by Robert Lunsford - Nov 29, 2024 - 1

Jordan Ragsdale captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on July 11, 2024, at 1:46 MDT (7:46 UT)…

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