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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 27-June 2, 2023
Chris Hall captured this multi-bursting fireball while photographing this homestead on June 19, 2020, at 00:48 CDT (5:43 UT) from…
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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 20-26, 2023
Jordan Ragsdale captured this Southern Taurid fireball using his AllSky Camera System on October 23, 2022, at 23:04 MDT (5:04…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 13-19, 2023
Jordan Ragsdale captured this Orionid fireball using his AllSky Camera System on October 23, 2022, at 01:42 MDT (4:03 UT…
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 6-12, 2023
Ryan Connor captured this brilliant Orionid fireball on October 22, 2022, at 06:03 EDT (10:03 UT) from North Royalton, Ohio…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 29 – May 5, 2023
Daniel Bush captured this bright fireball on October 13, 2022, at 20:49 CDT (01:49 UT on Oct. 14 ) as…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 22-28, 2023
Paul Maggs captured this bright fireball using his GoPro camera on September 23, 2022, at 02:00 BST (01:00 UT )…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 15-21, 2023
Ed Albin captured this incredibly bright fireball using his AllSky7 camera meteor video system on September 26, 2022, at 00:04…
Viewing the Lyrid Meteor Shower in 2023
The Lyrids are particles shed from comet 1861 G1 Thatcher, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1861. Don’t expect this comet to return anytime soon as its orbit has been calculated to be near 415 years!
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 8-14, 2023
Catherine Perkinton was out photographing a colorful aurora display when this brilliant fireball shot through the field of view of the…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 1-7, 2023
Stacey Balzum was out photographing an intense aurora display when this brilliant fireball shot through the field of view of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 25-31, 2023
Bart Benjamin captured this bright fireball just above his house on August 2, 2022, at 22:34 CDT (3:34 UT on…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 18-24, 2023
Julie Fearnley was photographing the southern sky from Kandanga, Queensland, Australia on August 20, 2022, at 19:45 AEST (9:45 UT) when…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 4-10, 2023
Jordan Ragsdale captured this bright fireball using his AllSky Camera System on August 12, 2022, at 22:03 MDT (4:03 UT…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 28-February 3, 2023
Ranjit Biswas captured this double bursting fireball on August 4, 2022 at 18:59:11 UT (00:30 IST on August 5) from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 21-27, 2023
Marie Helene Cousin captured this Perseid fireball at 0:33 CEST on August 13, 2022 (22:33 UT on August 12), from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 14-20 2023
Aaron Morris captured this bursting sporadic fireball at 01:56 UT on August 1, 2022 (21:56 EDT July 31), from Griffin,…
Previewing the Major Meteor Showers in 2023
This composite photograph was created from the 2020 Geminid shower by Peter Slansky. We hope that the meteor showers of…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 7-13, 2023
Eileen Burdick captured this colorful fireball at 05:20 UT on August 1, 2022 (22:20 PDT July 31), from Beaver, Washington, USA.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 31, 2022 – January 6, 2023
Daniel Bush captured this short fireball at 08:01 UT on July 30, 2022 (3:01 CDT), from Albany, Missouri, USA. The…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 24-30, 2022
Nicolas Rossetto captured this colorful fireball at 00:20 UT on July 31, 2022 (2:20 CEST), from Saint-Thiébaud, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. This…
Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2022
The Ursids are active from December 13-24 with a sharp maximum on December 22nd.