The Meteor Activity Outlook for the period 2014 January 18-24 has been posted by Bob Lunsford on the American Meteor Society … More
Author: Carl Hergenrother
I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.
End of January Meteors
After a very dry and very clear January, the weather pattern has started to change over the western US. The … More
Jan 20/21/22/23/24/25 Meteors
Since I restarted my video meteor survey last month, I have been able to record meteors on 31 consecutive nights. … More
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 25-31
The Meteor Activity Outlook for the period 2014 January 18-24 has been posted by Bob Lunsford on the American Meteor Society … More
Jan 18/19/20 Meteors
The meteor year can be divided in two, a half with low meteor activity and one with high activity. The … More
Bright Stars in the Sky
Though this blog mainly focuses on comets, asteroids and meteors, the blog postings which seem to get the most hits … More
Jan 16/17/18 Meteors
A steady shower of meteors continues to fall on Tucson, night after night. Even with a still very bright Moon, … More
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 18-24, 2014
The Meteor Activity Outlook for the period 2014 January 18-24 has been posted by Bob Lunsford on the American Meteor Society … More
Jan 14/15/16 Meteors
The Moon is close to Full these days which is not helping with meteor detection. Still the nightly numbers of … More
Jupiter, all night long
The ‘King of the Planets’, Jupiter, is just days passed its January 5th opposition. Observers can easily spot it as … More
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 