During this period the moon will reach its last quarter phase on Friday April 26th. This weekend the nearly full moon will lie above the horizon nearly all night long. The glare from the bright moon will make meteor observing difficult at best. The lunar glare will obscure all but the brighter meteors. The glare will lessen which each passing night but will still be a hindrance all week long.
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1 Fireball 8 April 2019 A slow moving, bright fireball appeared above Denmark on 2019, April 8 at...
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On 2019 April 12, at 3:06:47 UT, a fireball was spotted over Spain. It was produced by a meteoroid...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon will reach its full phase on Friday April 19th. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set during the early morning hours and will not interfere with meteor observing the remainder of the night. Next week though the window of dark skies shrinks with each passing night so by Wednesday the nearly full moon will remain above the horizon nearly all night.
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1 Introduction Galina Ryabova pointed our attention at a recent daylight fireball event in...
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