11 Meteors and Bouts of Clouds

The past few nights have been tough for meteor observing in both Tucson and San Diego. Rain fell in San … More

Where, O Where Has Comet Boethin Gone? : The Case of the Missing Comet

Nowadays when an astronomer discovers something new in the sky it is easy to get the word out. An email … More

The nights have been nice and clear here in the southwest US. My Tucson camera continues to detect over 2 … More

The long nights of November are producing a good rate of meteors. This is true even though there are no … More

Last night saw clear conditions at Tucson and San Diego. Both sites were dealing with off-and-on cirrus for the past … More

Meteor rates remain healthy. Over a quarter of all detected meteors are from the 2 Taurid showers. Though we are … More

In San Diego, Bob notes “The night of October 30/31 was lost due to clouds. The forecast was for more … More

Last night’s rates are the lowest since Oct 16/17. That’s true for both total rates and Orionid rates. In the … More

The Near-Earth Object Program office at NASA-JPL has just released a report about the impact of 2008 TC3. TC3 was … More

Over the past few weeks, a number of bright meteors and fireballs have been reported. On this blog, there have … More