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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…
Tag Archive: 2014 Meteor Showers
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…
Viewing the eta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2023
Every year between mid-April and the end of May, the Earth encounters the outbound debris from Halley's Comet. Outbound describes the motion of each particle as it moves away from the sun and passes near the Earth on its way back to the outer realms of the solar system...
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…
Mid February Fireballs – Three different meteorite falls recovered in three days
10 years after the Chelyabinsk event, 3 meteorite dropper fireballs occurred within 3 days in France, Italy and Texas
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 11-17, 2023
Andrea Lago was photographing the southern sky from Maleny, Queensland, Australia on August 20, 2022, at 19:53 AEST (9:53 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…
Viewing the 2023 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
The Quadrantids can be one of the strongest displays of the year, yet they are difficult to observe. The main factor is that the display of strong activity only has a duration of about 6 hours. The reason the peak is so short is due to the shower’s thin stream of particles and the fact that the Earth crosses the stream at a perpendicular angle.