8 Meteors

Catching up on results from the past two nights. There hasn’t been much activity from the October Camelopardalids (OCA) or…

Incoming Fireball Over Sudan!!! – 2008 TC3

For the first time in recorded history a very small asteroid has been discovered before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere…

The weather has cleared here in the southwest US. Bob’s Chula Vista site was clouded out the previous two nights…

A few clouds moved through during the night. Luckily the prime meteor observing hours were cloud free. The clouds are…

Both cameras had trouble last night with subpar weather. In Tucson, there were some clouds and lots of haze. In…

This past weekend I spent Sunday night at the University of Arizona‘s Kuiper 1.54-m (61″) telescope where the 1.54-m (61″)…

It was another great night last night. The 27 meteors my system detected is a personal record for a night…

Today we have a treat and the start of a great collaboration. Bob Lunsford of Chula Vista, CA has agreed…

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of October 2008.…

From time to time, pieces of old satellites and rockets re-enter and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Usually the…