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Meteor Activity Outlook for March 1-7, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 28, 2025 -

Susan Saccoccia captured this brilliant fireball while trying to photograph an aurora display on October 8, 2024, at 19:19 EDT (23:19…

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 22-28, 2025

Aaron Witbeck captured this brilliant fireball while photographing an intense aurora display on October 7, 2024, at 22:43 PDT (5:43…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 21, 2025 - 3

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 15-21, 2025

Ryan Conner captured this brilliant fireball using his custom all sky imaging camera on October 5, 2024, at 23:45 EDT…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 14, 2025 - 6

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 8-14, 2025

Gregory Gage captured this impressive fireball on October 5, 2024, at 23:45pm EDT from Sistersville, West Virginia, USA. © Gregory…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 7, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 1-7, 2025

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

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 1, 2025 - 3

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 -

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):

3Mar 85 reports IN, KY, MD, MI...
2Mar 32 reports MN, ND & SD
26Feb 136 reports
23Feb 76 reports IA, MN, NE, SD...
21Feb 44 reports AL, GA, KY, MS...
19Feb 325 reports CA

18Feb 35 reports
16Feb 38 reports AZ, CA & NV
15Feb 44 reports
10Feb 36 reports
31Jan 30 reports FL
31Jan 59 reports

28Jan 70 reports IA, IL, IN, KS...
28Jan 72 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 36 reports FL, GA, NC & SC
25Dec 30 reports
22Dec 73 reports
22Dec 37 reports
21Dec 153 reports AL, AR, FL, GA...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 21 reports about fireballs seen over MN, PA, MA, FL, MD, TN, CT, New York, Arizona, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio and North Carolina.

We are also currently investigating 13 reports from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany and New Zealand.

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 January 11-17, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 10, 2025 -

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

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 4-10, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 3, 2025 -

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

Viewing the 2025 Quadrantid Meteor Shower

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 1, 2025 -

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

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

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 27, 2024 -

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

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…

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