Back in 1986, Halley’s Comet returned after a 76 year journey through the outer solar system. Not predicted to return…
Oct 17/18/19 Meteors
The level of Orionid activity continues to build. Roughly half of the meteor activity from the past 2 nights has…
Oct 16/17 Meteors
Rates were down from the previous night. Bob detected a decrease in Sporadics while I saw a decrease in Orionids.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 17-23, 2009
The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the…
Oct 15/16 Meteors
Last night saw a large increase in the number of Orionids. Last night the 3 cameras detected 159 meteors of…
Oct 14/15 Meteors
Activity is ramping up as the Orionids build towards next week’s maximum. Between Bob’s and my cameras 28 of the…
Oct 12/13/14 Meteors
Last night was nice and clear and produced 48 video meteors. Though we are still a week from the maximum…
Oct 9/10/11/12 Meteors
The “meteor” sky is starting to get busy. There are at least 6 showers producing activity at this time. Though…
Meteor Activity Outlook for October 10-16, 2009
The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the…
Oct 7/8/9 Meteors and Watching for LCROSS
After a few days of clouds, the sky was once again clear over southern AZ. Still, rates are probably lower…
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 