Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper. A fireball and potentially hazardous binary near-Earth asteroid (164121) 2003 YT1 This paper has been submitted for publication to Astronomical...
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On Sunday morning, October 13th , a bright fireball appeared over the French districts Champagne...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday October 13th. At this time the moon will be located opposite the sun and lie above the horizon all night long. Toward the end of this period there will be a moonless period of a couple of hours between dusk and moonrise. Unfortunately meteor rates at this time are very low.
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My camera detected notable Draconid activity on 08 October. It started at 12:58 UT and captured 11...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Saturday October 5th. At this time the moon will be located 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near 23:00 local summer time (LST). As the week progresses the window of dark skies during the morning hours will decrease with each passing night.
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