During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday February 9th. At this time the moon will lie opposite the sun and will lie above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening, allowing dark skies for a few hours during the early evening hours. Unfortunately this is the worst time to view meteor activity as rates are only 1-2 per hour at best.
Read MoreAn overview of the radio observations during January 2020 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of manually counted...
Read MoreRoberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper. Observational Signatures of Sub-Relativistic Meteors This paper has been submitted for publication by Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb Abstract: It is...
Read MoreAbstract: This study lists the erroneous combinations in the IAUMDC Meteor Shower Database (SD) based on the version of 2018 January 13 20h35m17s. The many erroneous shower maxima may confuse observers and result in more...
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