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August 9/10 Meteors

To my new readers, many coming over from the main WordPress page, welcome and thanks for reading. I usually provide … More

astronomy, Meteors, perseids

2010 Perseids Meteor Shower

If you’ve never seen a meteor this is the week to see one. Many times a year the Earth passes … More

astronomy, comet swift-tuttle, Meteors, perseids

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 7-13, 2010

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

alpha capricornids, antihelions, astronomy, august draconids, august piscids, beta cancrids, eridanids, kappa cygnids, Meteors, perseids, southern delta aquariids

August 6/7/8 Meteors

More raindrops than meteors have been falling over Tucson the past 2 nights. Friday night the rains held off just … More

astronomy, Meteors, perseids

August 5/6 Meteors

The monsoon rains returned yesterday evening. Luckily the clouds dissipated by 10pm and stayed away for the remainder of the … More

astronomy, beta perseids, Meteors, perseids

Introducing 2 New Meteor Cameras (+ August 2/3 to 4/5 Meteors)

The recent bout of cloudiness allowed me to spend some time upgrading my camera systems. With the recent bout of … More

astronomy, beta perseids, Meteors, perseids, southern delta aquariids

July’s Meteors (plus the 1st 2 days of August)

July is usually one of the best month for meteor observing. This is especially true of the 2nd half of … More

alpha capricornids, astronomy, Meteors, perseids, piscis austrinids, southern delta aquariids

In The Sky This Month – August 2010

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of August 2010. … More

Asteroids, astronomy, ceres, comet tempel 2, Comets, flora, hebe, jupiter, mars, mercury, Meteors, perseids, planets, saturn, venus

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 31-August 6, 2010

[I have been very lax lately in my posting of Bob’s weekly Meteor Activity Outlooks. I’m sorry for that. Here’s … More

alpha capricornids, astronomy, august piscids, Meteors, perseids, southern delta aquariids

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

astronomy, geminids, lyrids, Meteors, metrec, orionids, perseids, quadrantids, southern delta aquariids

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