During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Thursday January 5th. At this time the moon will be located 90 degrees east of the sun and will set between midnight and 0100 local standard time (LST). This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the early evening hours and will not cause any problems due to the thin phase.
Read MoreThis year RAMBo has recorded a strong Ursid activity. In the attached graphics you can see that the maximum started at 270,800 of solar longitude. The first graph shows the mass behaviour, the second one (red) shows the Hourly...
Read MoreA bright fireball has been photographed by four stations of the Danish Meteor network. It started at 83 km and ended at 31 km, moving at 20 km/s from a radiant at R.A. 81.2° and Decl. +23.6°. More information:...
Read MoreMr. Hirofumi Sugimoto (Japan) reported a possible strong activity of the Ursids 2016. After I received this news, I calculated the Ursids 2016 activity using worldwide radio meteor observed data from RMOB. As a result, a strong...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon reaches its new phase on Thursday December 29th. At this time the moon will be located near the sun and will not be visible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours and will not cause any problems due to the thin phase.
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