During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Sunday February 2nd. At this time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set between midnight and 01:00 local summer time (LST). As the week progresses the waxing gibbous moon will enter the morning sky, shrinking the window of opportunity to view meteor activity under dark skies.
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On 2020 January 28 at 23:08 UT, a rock from an asteroid entered the atmosphere at about 17 km/s...
Read MoreCAMS-Florida observes the November 2019 alpha Monocertid (AMO#246) outburst The MeteorNews article dated 6 Nov 2019 by Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens alerted meteor observers to the possibility of a “short-lived outburst” of...
Read MoreRoberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper. Supercatastrophic disruption of asteroids in the context of SOHO comet, fireball and meteor observations This paper has been submitted for...
Read MoreA summary of the activity of the CAMS BeNeLux network during the year 2019 is presented. The year 2019 offered unusual good weather for astronomical observations with many clear nights during the period of April until September....
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