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Month: October 2011

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 29-November 4, 2011

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

astronomy, beta cancrids, eta taurids, Meteors, northern taurids, orionids, southern taurids

Oct 17-24 Meteors

The past week witnessed the annual peak of the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionids are the result of dust created … More

astronomy, epsilon geminids, leo minorids, Meteors, orionids, southern taurids, tau ursa majorids, taurids

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 12-28, 2011

Sorry, I’m a few days late posting this… The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly … More

astronomy, beta cancrids, epsilon geminids, eta taurids, leo minorids, Meteors, northern taurids, october ursa minorids, orionids, southern taurids

Oct 10-16 Meteors

The big story of the past week is the gradual increase in rates of the Orionids (ORI). With its peak … More

astronomy, delta aurigids, draconids, epsilon geminids, Meteors, october eta piscids, orionids, southern taurids, tau ursa majorids, taurids

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 15-21, 2011

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

astronomy, Meteors, october ursa majorids, orionids, sigma arietids, southern taurids, zeta taurids

Oct 1 – 9 Meteors

During the night of October 8 UT the Draconids produced an outburst of activity for observers on the eastern side … More

astronomy, delta aurigids, draconids, Meteors, nu eridanids, october camelopardalids, october eta piscids, orionids, september perseids, southern taurids, taurids

Sep 18 – 31 Meteors

It has been a long time since I posted my nightly video meteor results. Part of the problem was our … More

antihelions, astronomy, delta aurigids, Meteors, northern taurids, nu eridanids, september perseids, southern taurids, sporadics, taurids

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 8-14, 2011

The radiant (the area of the sky where meteors appear to shoot from) positions and rates listed below are exact … More

astronomy, draconids, giacobinids, Meteors, october camelopardalids, orionids, southern taurids

2011 October Monthly Highlights

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of October 2011. … More

comet 2009P1, comet 45p, comet garradd, comet honda-mrkos-pajdusakova, draconids, giacobinids, jupiter, mars, mercury, orionids, saturn, venus

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 1-7, 2011

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

astronomy, draconids, giacobinids, Meteors, october camelopardalids, southern taurids

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