Meteor Activity Outlook for May 21-27, 2011

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

The Ups and Downs of T Pyx

Let me just say that I really like this star. On the evening of May 7th UT (6th in local … More

This evening I took another peak at T Pyx and was surprised to find it looking a bit fainter than … More

The last 10 nights of April saw the peak of one major shower (the Lyrids) and the beginning of activity … More

The period of April 11-20 sees a little more diversity as a number of showers become active. Though most are … More

Last time we talked about the nova T Pyx it was holding steady around magnitude 7.4 and 7.7. Over the … More

The first ten nights of April yielded a steady sprinkle of meteors. As is typical of a month with no … More

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More

I estimated the brightness of T Pyx at magnitude 7.3 during the past 2 evenings. This is a bit on … More