Month: May 2016

Meteor Activity Outlook for 28 May-3 June 2016

Posted by | May 27, 2016 | |

During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Sunday May 29th. At this time the half-illuminated moon will rise shortly after near 0100 local summer (LST) and will remain above the horizon the remainder of the night. While the half-illuminated moon is bright, successful meteor observations can be obtained by simply keeping the moon out of your field of view. Conditions improve with each passing night as the moon wanes and rises later morning.

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EDMOND database 2016 from January to March

Posted by | May 26, 2016 | |

Introduction The weather in the first third of the year 2016 in Europe was not favorable. Nowadays (May 26, 2016) there are in the EDMOND database (Kornoš et al., 2014a) data from the following networks: CEMeNt (Central European...

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Meteor Activity Outlook for 21-27 May 2016

Posted by | May 19, 2016 | |

During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Saturday May 21st. This is the worst time to try and view meteor activity as the glare from the moon will obscure all but the brightest meteors. Conditions improve slightly as the moon wanes and rises later in the evening. Unfortunately early evening meteor rates are very low, moon or no moon.

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New England Fireball 17 May 2016

Posted by | May 18, 2016 | |

American Meteor Society received nearly 700 public reports about a very large meteor spotted over North East US on 17 May 2016 at 12:50 AM. The fireball was seen primarily from Maine but witnesses from Vermont, New Hampshire,...

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