alpha Monocerotids activity but no spectacular outburst
Abstract: The predicted alpha Monocerotids outburst did materialize. Although early visual and...
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Month: November 2019
Phoenicids (PHO#254) activity, may be still going on
A possible return of the Phoenicid meteor shower in 2019 had been predicted by Jenniskens and...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 16-22 November 2019
During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Tuesday November 19th. At this time the moon will be located 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near 0200 local standard time. This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise just before midnight, ruining the sky for meteor observers the remainder of the night. Only late in the period will the moon allow meteor observers to achieve decent limiting magnitudes during the morning hours. One could always view during the moonless evening hours but rates are low at this time.
Read MoreLeonids 2019 – possible activity enhancements
In 2019 the Leonids could produce some activity enhancements in addition to the background maximum. Potentialy the most interesing one is a quite prominent peak with expected ZHR=27, it is connected with 1400 trail, its computed...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Estimating trajectories of meteors
Denis Vida points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper. Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach – I. Theory This paper has been submitted for publication to the...
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