Jan 12/13/14 Meteors

The night of Jan 12/12 saw a pair of meteors from the Xi Corona Borealids (XCB) and Northern Delta Cancrids…

Jan 10/11/12 Meteors

The most active minor meteor shower during the nights of Jan 10/11 and 11/12 was the December Leo Minorids (DLM).…

Jan 8/9/10 Meteors

Cirrus again knocked down the number of observable meteors on the night of Jan 8/9. The next night was very…

Jan 6/7/8 Meteors

The night of Jan 6/7 was nice and clear producing 32 detections. Though the next night was plagued with cirrus…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 4-10, 2014

The Meteor Activity Outlook for the period 2014 January 4-10 has been posted by Bob Lunsford on the American Meteor Society…

Jan 5/6 Meteors

Now that’s more like it. After two straight nights with cirrus, a clear night once again produced a larger number…

Jan 3/4/5 Meteors

The last two nights have been hampered by high cirrus in southern Arizona. As a result, meteor rates were suppressed.…

Jan 2/3 Meteors and the Quadrantids

The Quadrantid meteor shower was most definitely active this morning over southern Arizona. Though the actual peak of Quadrantid activity…

2014 AA impact site identified?

Sky and Telescope magazine is reporting that Peter Brown (University of Western Ontario) has made a preliminary identification of the…

Jan 1/2 Meteors and Tonight’s Quadrantids

Tonight brings the peak of the best meteor shower you have probably never seen. The best showers of the year…