Nov 18/19 Meteors

Leonid activity is rapidly decreasing in intensity with rates less than half of what they were just a night ago. … More

Nov 17/18 Meteors and the Leonids over Asia

As predicted, the Earth’s passage through the 1466 and 1533 dust trails of Comet Tempel-Tuttle resulted in enhanced Leonid activity. … More

A brilliant fireball was seen over Utah a few minutes past midnight last night. Video images give the time of … More

Last night the Leonids put on a respectable show. My 2 cameras detected 45 Leonids which was about 40% of … More

Note: Most of this article was first posted a year ago. It has been updated to include predictions for this … More

The Leonids are here! Actually observers have been able to catch the occasional Leonid every night for the past week … More

This blog usually focuses on comets, asteroids and meteors. This post focuses on a type of object that hasn’t mentioned … More

The sky cleared up last night after a few days of cirrus, and sometimes thicker clouds. We even got some … More

The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More

Rates appear lower than usual. The reason is the persistent cloud cover over the American southwest. The cirrus is thin … More