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Will C/2022 R2 Atlas Lead to Meteors Leaping from Lepus in Late November?
C/2022 R2 is a recently discovered comet with a preliminary orbit that passes within 0.05 AU of Earth’s orbit. D criterion assessment suggests that this comet has the potential to lead to an annual radiant in the heart of Lepus around November 22nd to 24th.
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Observation December 13/14 2021
For the Geminids 2021 peak night, Raymond Dubois joined me for an excellent night of observing at...
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Observation August 13/14 2021 — A Perseid outburst!
Here’s my report on an extraordinary and surprising 2021 Perseid meteor outburst. This was a...
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Observation August 12/13 2021
For the predicted peak night, local amateur astronomer and photographer Raymond Dubois was...
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Observation December 14/15 2020
The viewing conditions for the Geminids in 2020 were excellent, so local amateur...
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Observations August 11/12 and 12/13 2020
For the Perseids peak nights, I made plans with Raymond Dubois and Nicholas Zuger to get together...
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Forecast for Phoenicids (PHO#254) in 2019
In this article, Mikiya Sato and Jun-ichi Watanabe predict that in 2019, the Earth will...
Read MoreLikely alpha Monocerotids (AMO#246) outburst on the morning of November 22, 2019
By Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens Abstract: There is a good chance to observe a short-lived outburst of the alpha Monocerotids in the morning of the night 2019 November 21–22. Observers are encouraged to watch for possible...
Read MoreObservation May 23/24 2019 – Return of the May Camelopardalids
Meteor dynamicist Mikhail Maslov predicted that the May Camelopardalids would re-appear in 2019. In his abstract, he writes: “After an outburst of Camelopardalids shower in 2014, the next interesting year is 2019, when...
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