Oct 18/19 Meteors

The meteors just keep coming. Two nights ago the Tucson camera had with record-breaking night with 40 meteors detected. That … More

The Orionid Meteor Shower

Back in 1986, Halley’s Comet returned after a 76 year journey through the outer solar system. Not predicted to return … More

The Orionids are really starting to ramp up. Almost half of the meteors my camera picked up in Tucson were … More

Rates continue to be elevated in spite of a bright Moon. Over the next few nights, the number of Orionids … More

The bright Full Moon was still no match for the 25 meteors detected last night. During the previous night, I … More

Last night was nice in clear in Tucson. Even with the almost Full Moon, 21 meteors were picked up including … More

As predicted, a strong cold front moved through the southwestern US. Here in Tucson, we got a bit of rain … More

The Tucson camera picked up more meteors than usual last night including lots of nice bright meteors. Many of the … More

The rate of Orionids visible each night continues to climb as we approach their peak on Oct 21. From Bob’s … More

Those of you who have been following this blog for the past few weeks might read the title of this … More