9 Meteors

Meteor rates continue to be low. Last night the rates were surprisingly low. Though there were clouds for the 1st … More

New Comet – C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)

A new comet has been discovered that should be the brightest comet in the sky this month. Comet C/2009 F6 … More

It has been awhile since our last posting of meteor observations. This post catches us up. The weather has been … More

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of April 2009. … More

The past 10 days have seen 2 extremely bright fireballs over the East Coast of the US. Both fireballs also … More

The weather continues to be good with the occasional batch of high cirrus. Though March is often a difficult month … More

The doldrums of March continue, at least with regards to meteor activity. At least the weather has been good though … More

Venus is getting harder and harder to see as it approaches inferior conjunction with the Sun. Due to breezy conditions … More

The past month or so has been difficult for meteor observing from both San Diego and Tucson. Though it has … More

We are now within a week of Venus‘ inferior conjunction. From my backyard there is no way to observe Venus … More