17 Meteors

Meteor rates continue to be low. This is not surprising since March suffers from a lack of major showers and … More

Venus Closes in on Conjunction

Venus continues to drop closer to the horizon every evening. After reaching its furthest angular distance from the Sun (known … More

The past week has been tough for detecting meteors. Most nights have been plagued by persistent clouds. When it is … More

Based on a number of comments to this blog, many people have noticed Venus. Shining high in the evening sky … More

Yet another night of thick clouds here in Arizona. I wouldn’t mind if it would actually rain. Not only are … More

Thick clouds have kept the Tucson camera shut down the past 2 nights. Bob is having better luck in San … More

A sprinkle of sporadic meteors continue. A possible single Gamma Normid was detected over Tucson last night. From Bob’s notes … More

I hope everyone ducked this morning, as a small asteroid passed within 40,000 miles (64,000 km or 1/5th the distance … More

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of March 2009. … More

I hope everyone was able to see the spectacular conjunction between Venus and the Moon. Even to this sometimes jaded … More