The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford’s excellent weekly summary of meteor activity. The original version can … More
Tag: lyrids
In The Sky This Month – April 2011
This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of April 2011. … More
Apr 21/22 to 25/26 Meteors and the peak of the Lyrids
The stretch of 5 nights summarized in this post covers the maximum of the Lyrids shower. The Lyrids are often … More
Apr 11/12 to 20/21 Meteors
The doldrums of the Spring meteor season continue. The fact that most nights also experienced a good share of cirrus … More
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 17-23, 2010
The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More
In The Sky This Month – April 2010
This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of April 2010. … More
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 3-9, 2010
The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More
Mar 26/27 to Apr 2/3 Meteors
We have at least another 2 weeks before the start of the Lyrid meteor shower. Though this shower can be … More
2008/2009 – The Past 2 Years of Video Meteors
10,102… that’s the number of meteors detected by my 2 camera systems since the start of observations in late February … More
Lyrids Revisited – Apr 19/20/21/22
Bob Lunsford trekked out to the Mojave Desert to view last week’s Lyrid peak. From his notes: “I made a … More
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 