27 Meteors

As the rain falls (a little) on Tucson, I’ll let Bob summarize the meteor totals over the past few nights. … More

Nov 21/22/23/24 Meteors

Nightly rates remain high which is not unusual for this time of the year. The brightening Moon should start to … More

Clouds have started to creep back into the American Southwest. Though they were little more than a temporary nuisance in … More

The Leonids are becoming much fewer in number. Still the relatively high number of Sporadic meteors is keeping the nightly … More

Nova V496 Scuti is still near maximum brightness at magnitude ~7.4. For the back story on this object check out … More

The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More

Leonid activity is rapidly decreasing in intensity with rates less than half of what they were just a night ago. … More

As predicted, the Earth’s passage through the 1466 and 1533 dust trails of Comet Tempel-Tuttle resulted in enhanced Leonid activity. … More

A brilliant fireball was seen over Utah a few minutes past midnight last night. Video images give the time of … More

Last night the Leonids put on a respectable show. My 2 cameras detected 45 Leonids which was about 40% of … More