August 9/10 Meteors

The plan was to get myself outside last night and start my 2015 Perseids visual observing campaign. Unfortunately, there were other … More

Here come the 2015 Perseids!

The Perseids are one of the 2 annual showers worth getting up early for. This year the peak will occur … More

Last weekend the Geminids reached there 2014 peak. As it usual for this annual shower, they did not disappoint. Observers … More

Last night marked the probable peak of the 2014 Geminids. Here in Tucson, we had rain during the day (0.27″) … More

Tonight is one of the best nights of the year to see a meteor as the Geminid meteor shower is … More

The Perseids peaked on the night of August 13 UT. Though the monsoon was still cranking and clouds were aplenty, … More

The past two nights have been a mix of meteor showers and rain showers. Luckily the sky has been clear … More

Yet another good night of meteor watching by the SALSA3 video system. Meteor totals increased by 2 to 47 over … More

That’s more like it. With the software timing issue fixed (it was shutting down my system a good 2-3 hours … More

The monsoon wiped out the first three night of August. Happily, these clouds did bring a bit of rain. The … More