I was out for 4 hours this morning. The humidity was a little higher (44%) than during recent sessions therefore the sky was just a tad hazy. I decided to look a bit higher in the sky and more toward the east to get better...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon will wax from half illuminated to nearly full by the end. Conditions will be favorable this weekend and early next week for viewing meteors in the hours before dawn. Late in the period the moon will become a problem as it is nearing its full phase and will remain is the sky most of the night. The bright moonlight will obscure all but the brighter meteors.
Read MoreI have been out on 5 mornings so far in mid-October to view the Orionid shower from my yard located in the rural foothills east of San Diego. On all mornings I faced nearly due south about half-way up in the sky.
Read MoreThis video shows an accelerated view (a “meteor-lapse”) of the meteor activity recorded during the peak of the 2017 Orionds. The images were obtained by one of the cameras operating in the framework of the SMART...
Read MoreGreetings again all, Fellow ACACers Neal, Shadow and Shade Brown joined me at Matanzas Inlet (MI) this morning for three more hours of monitoring the 2017 Orionid (ORI) meteor shower. We went from 3:15 to 6:15 a.m. all...
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