During November, 2018, CAMS-Florida contributed 374 orbits to the NASA CAMS project led by Peter Jenniskens. Individual CAMS-Florida sites contributed as follows to the orbit counts: 230 (Gainesville) – 136 231 (New Smyrna...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon will reach its last quarter phase on Thursday November 29th. At this time the moon will be located 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near midnight local standard time. This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise shortly after dusk making it difficult to view meteor activity the remainder of the night.
Read MoreI went out this past Sunday morning to view the Leonids at the Fred Lossing Observatory (FLO) near Almonte to check out the 18” dob and then get comfortable in my winter sleeping bag for a predawn meteor watch. It was cold...
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Par Abderrahmane Ibhi, Fouad Khiri, Lahcen Ouknine, Abdelkhalek Lemjidi et El Mahfoud Asmahri...
Read MoreI was able to observe one more time after the Draconids outburst, to see if anything was going on before the long drive back home. I did not expect to see any but as always with meteors, we never know. After a very relaxing...
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