Nov 19/20 Meteors

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

Update on Nova V496 Scuti

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note: Most of this article was first posted a year ago. It has been updated to include predictions for this…

The Leonids are here! Actually observers have been able to catch the occasional Leonid every night for the past week…

This blog usually focuses on comets, asteroids and meteors. This post focuses on a type of object that hasn’t mentioned…