During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Sunday February 26. At this time the moon is located near the sun and is invisible at night. As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but will not interfere with meteor observing.
Read MorePicture 1 Another fireball crossed last night 21 to 22th February the sky over Portugal. It was registered by TEMPLAR4 and RO2 systems from Portuguese Meteor Network (pictures 1 and 2). Picture 2 We were able to compose two MPEG...
Read MoreThe CAMS network expanded with 8 stations and 12 new cameras, while 2 stations with 2 cameras each were temporary discontinued. The number of operational cameras increased from 49 to 57 and a larger portion of the atmosphere...
Read MoreAuthors: Martin Dubs, Stefano Sposetti, Roger Spinner and Beat Booz On January 2, 2017 two peculiar meteors (M20170102_001216 and M20170102_015202) were observed by several stations in Switzerland. Both had a long duration, slow...
Read MoreDuring this period the moon starts out just slightly less than half illuminated and wanes down to a thin sliver, rising just before the sun. This weekend the moon rises near 0100 as seen from mid-northern latitudes. It’s nearly half illuminated and still bright but it does not possess the overpowering effect on faint objects that the full moon does. One can hold successful meteor viewing sessions this week by simply facing away from the moon toward darker portions of the sky. You can also view before the moon rises but February evenings are dreadfully slow as seen from the northern hemisphere.
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