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Perseid meteor shower
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Mars joins the Perseid meteor shower for a beautiful display on August 12th, 2005.
The Perseids come every year, beginning in late July and stretching
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Sky watchers outdoors at the right time can see colourful fireballs, occasional outbursts and, almost always, long ho...
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Alpha-Aurigids
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The alpha-Aurigids meteor shower reaches maximum on September 1. Active : August 25-September 8; Maximum : September 1, 0h UT (sol= 158.158°); ZHR : 7; Radiant : alpha = 84°, delta = +42 V : 66 km/s r : 2.6; TFC : alpha = 052°, delta = +60°; alpha = 043°, delta = +39° The [url=https://i9.photo...
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New Mexico Fireball
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New Mexico Fireball: On Sept 13th at approximately 3 o'clock in the morning MDT, an extremely bright fireball streaked over New Mexico. New Mexico Fireball Click to Play | View Details "There was a large fireball over New Mexico this morning at 3:20 am MDT. It literally turned night into day&qu...
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eta Aquarids meteor shower
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On May 5th the Earth will to pass through a stream of dust originating from Halley's Comet; So look to the east before dawn and watch for the eta Aquarids meteor shower.
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Leonids
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On Nov. 18-19th, 2005, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling storm of Leonid meteors.
Though not as spectacular an event as the "1998 Leonid fireball storm", which wasn't really a storm at all, with meteor rates that night never exceeded a few hundred shooting stars per hour, the 2005 shower i...
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Orionid meteor shower
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Under cloudless skies, the Orionid meteor shower may make a fine display peaking on October 21 to 22. The annual meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the debris stream of Comet Halley, and meteoroids hit the atmosphere at 66 km/s (about 148,000 mph). The shower is the second of two mete...
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The Lyrids
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower will reach its peak activity on April 21–22, 2006, reaching maximum around midnight. The peak is broad enough that the number of meteors should be consistent until morning twilight. The crescent Moon will not interfere with the shower because it rises about an hour be...
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October Camelopardalis meteor shower
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Finnish star-gazer discovers meteor shower - tail of new comet pinpointed
Meteor shower could be sign of comet that could come dangerously close to earth
Jarmo Moilanen, a municipal computer expert and amateur astronomer in the Finnish community of Vaala, has detected a new shower of...
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S. Delta Aquarid meteor shower
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Starting from today the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower will appear, lasting until August 19; and peaking around July 28.
The meteors will radiate from a point in the constellation of Aquarius.
Expect to see 11 meteors an hour, though sometimes it can be as high as 50/hour.
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Ursids meteor shower
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The often-neglected Ursid meteor shower peaks on December 22/23, under excellent viewing conditions this year; look to the north after sunset, especially good after midnight, and until dawn. The faint, medium-speed (33 km/s) meteors seem to emanate from Ursa Minor (the "Little Bear"...
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Draconid meteor shower
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Just a reminder, the annual Draconid meteor shower peaks at 04:30 UT,Oct. 9th. The Draconids have produced two major storms in 1933 and 1946, and several other significant outbursts. Draconids are very slow meteors. The parent body of the meteors is Comet Giacobini-Zinner. Look to the north, towa...
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Kappa Cygnids
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The return of dark sky conditions as the Moon retreats after Perseid maximum favours the rather weak Kappa Cygnid shower. Peak rates, expected on Aug 17-18, are usually 6 meteors per hour. In past years, some spectacularly-bright yellow-blue Kappa Cygnid fireballs have been reported.
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Taurids
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Earth is currently moving through a swarm of pebble-sized meteoroids; when one hits our atmosphere at 65,000 mph. it will produce a spectacular fireball. These fireballs are part of the annual Taurid meteor shower.
Every year, in late October and early November, meteors seem to shoot out of the c...
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Coma Berenicid Meteors
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The Coma Berenicid Meteors will peak on January 18th, 2006 The shower radiant is very close to the naked eye Coma cluster, 13h30m RA, +12 degrees Dec.
The meteor shower rises about 10 p.m. and is directly overhead at pre-dawn. The meteors are fast 65 km/s but sparse. A gibbous moon will interfere wit...
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Delta-Cancrid meteors
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The Delta-Cancrid meteor shower will peak on January 17th, 2006.
January's Full Moon occurred on January 14, and will interfere with the sparse shower (ZHR=4).
The Delta Cancrids rise in the east about the same time the sun sets in the west...thus the constellation of Cancer is nearly directly...
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Antihelions
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The Antihelion meteor shower may be observed this week:
The Anthelion radiant is centred at RA 01:36 Dec +10 in eastern Pisces, three degrees northwest of the fourth magnitude star Omicron Piscium. Expect to see two shooting stars per hour.
With an entry velocity of 30 km/sec, the met...
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June Bootids
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This shower is currently active during June 27 to July 5 and possesses a maximum of activity that falls on the 28th.
The June Bootids have an hourly rate between 3 and 100. The stream is noted for an especially strong display in 1916, and good displays in 1921 and 1927.
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Alice Springs Meteor
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Police believe a meteorite has crashed near Alice Springs overnight. Residents at the remote Wallare Rock Hole Community report hearing a loud bang and feeling the ground shake at around 7:00pm local time Read more
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1807 meteorite explosion
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Two hundred years ago, houses shook as a meteorite exploded in the sky over Connecticut. Now, an astronomer says the observations of the event by a man in Rutland may help determine exactly what path the shooting star followed. Monty Robson, director of the John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milfor...
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8TA9D69
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A small asteroid (H=30) was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon. 8TA9D69 (2008 Oct. 06.2 UT. R.A. = 23 16.8, Dec. = +07 52, V = 18.9) The 0.002 km asteroid is predicted to collide with the Earth at 1:53 UT, 7th October, 2008. pre>Date UT * R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. V Motion h "/min P.A. 2008 10 06 14 23 20 29....
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Meteors 2014
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Expand (205kb, 900 x 600) Credit: SonotaCo Network, Japan A group of meteor enthusiasts created a network of over 100 video cameras placed at 25 well-separated locations across Japan. This unprecedented network...
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Ontario Meteor
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Astronomers say a bright light in the sky Friday just after 9 p.m. was likely a meteor streaking for just a few flashy seconds through the clear autumn darkness. Raymond Chou, president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada -- Toronto Centre, said reports of sightings have come in from as far we...
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Beta Taurids
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The Beta Taurids are an annual meteor shower belonging to a class of "daytime showers" that peak after sunrise. Read more
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Gauteng meteor
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Meteor lights up Gauteng It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. Read more
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Utah Fireball
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Bright flash turns night into day A fast moving meteor lit up the night skies over most of Utah just after midnight Wednesday. KSL News has been receiving hundreds of calls from southern Utah to southern Idaho. People are reporting a flash so bright it lit up the entire sky for a couple of seconds. [url=...
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Beijing Meteor
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Fireball brighter than the full moon in the West suburb of Beijing Yesterday, a fireball was observed, with a possibility that meteorites fell in Beijing. In order to determine the specific location of the meteorite fall, the Beijing Planetarium are currently seeking witnesses. [url=http://ne...
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Meteors
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LA3EQ showing meteor scatter on TV signal at 49MHz Click to Play | View Details
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Hungarian Fireball
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Fireball over Hungary on 28 February 2010. Click to Play | View Details zablesk1 Click to Play | View Details
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Phoenicids
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The December Phoenicids (PHO) are a minor periodic shower that occurs on the 6th December. The Phoenicids are active from 29 November to 9 December, and normally produce few and very slow meteors, however a ZHR of near 100 was recorded in 1956. The radiant lies in central Phoenix, about ten degrees so...
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Seen Anything Strange?
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This is how to Report what you saw: 01) Your Town/region/Country? 02) Date and Time? 03) What compass direction did the object appear from? e.g. south 04) What compass direction did the object disappear to? e.g. north 05) How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the sky? 06) How many degrees off t...
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Walt Whitman meteor mystery
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Texas State astronomers say they've solved Walt Whitman meteor mystery Walt Whitman, known as a keen observer of the sky, included significant references to contemporary as well as cosmic events in his poem "Year of Meteors. (1859-60.)" published in Leaves of Grass. A "great com...
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Tau Herculids
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The Tau Herculids are a meteor shower appearing to originate from the star Tau Herculis. The parent comet of the Tau Herculids is Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. This meteor shower occurs from May 19 - June 19, peaking on June 9. Read more
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