This weekend’s Full Moon will be the biggest and one of the brightest of 2009. This is caused by the…
Jan 5/6/7 Meteors
Meteors rates have settled down after the Quadrantid peak. Almost all of the activity has been taking place after midnight…
Jan 4/5 Meteors
Though it rained all night in Tucson, the weather was fine in San Diego and Bob was able to get…
More on the Quadrantids
Another winter storm has been moving through Arizona. As a result the past two nights have seen nothing but clouds…
Jan 2/3 Meteors and a Great Quadrantid Display
The Quadrantids put on a great show last night. With 107 meteors detected, my camera broke its previous nightly record…
Jan 1/2 Meteors and the Quadrantids
Last night was almost a exact copy of the previous night with a similar number of meteors being detected. Tonight…
Dec 31/ Jan 1 Meteors
Happy New Year! Last night was a great start to the year with 27 meteors detected. This included 3 Quadrantids…
In the Sky This Month – January 2009
This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of January 2009.…
Dec 27/28/29/30/31 Meteors
I hope everyone had an enjoyable time with friends and family over the Holidays. Since the last meteor posting the…
Dec 20/21 Meteors
From Bob’s notes: “After a week of clouds and rain I finally had a decent night to record meteors. The…
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 