American Meteor Society
Major Fireball over Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia – September 13th 2014
The American Meteor Society has received nearly 300 reports of a bright fireball occurring over Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.…
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Robert Lunsford
Bob has been interested in the stars as far back as he can recall His first experience with meteors was a biggie, the 1966 Leonid shower. In 1980, a major awaking occurred. He received a sample copy of Meteor News. He was amazed to learn there was a group actually devoted strictly to meteor observing! He joined the group also started to view some of the minor showers list among the pages of Meteor News. Lastly, he was contracted by Springer Publishing in 2007 to write a book on observing meteors. The book is now available and hopefully will be a useful guide to all interested in the enjoyable field of meteor observing.Meteor Activity Outlook for September 13-19, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Tuesday September 16th. At this time the moon is…
Meteor Activity Outlook for September 6-12, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Monday September 8th. At this time the moon is located…
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 30-September 5, 2014
September offers longer nights in the northern hemisphere that tend to be less hazy than those experienced in mid-summer. In…
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 23-29, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Monday August 25th. At this time the moon is located…
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 16-22, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Sunday August 17th. At this time the moon is…
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 9-15, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday August 10th. At this time the moon is located…
Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2014
Examples of Perseid meteors as seen at 4am local daylight time while facing northeast from mid-northern latitudes. Conditions for viewing…
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2014
Meteor activity kicks into high gear in August as seen from the northern hemisphere. The main reason for all this…
Viewing the Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2014
These are examples of Delta Aquariid activity seen from 40 degrees north latitude while facing south near 0300 local daylight…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 26-August 1, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday July 26th. At this time the moon will located…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 19-25, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday July 19th. At this time the half-illuminated moon…
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 5-11, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Saturday July 5th. At this time the half-illuminated moon…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 21-27, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Friday June 27th. At this time the moon will lie…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 14-20, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Thursday June 19th. At this time the moon will…
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 7-13, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Thursday June 12th. At this time the moon will lie…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 31-June 6, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Thursday June 5th. At this time the moon will…
Camelopardalid Results
Much to the disappointment of all, it appears that Comet 209P/Linear has been dust poor for a long time as…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 24-30, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Wednesday May 28th. At this time the moon will lie…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 17-23, 2014
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Wednesday May 14th. At this time the half-illuminated moon…
Possible Meteor Display on May 23/24, 2014
Possible Meteors from P209 as Seen from Mid-northern Latitudes On the evening/morning of May 23/24, 2014, the possibility exists that…