Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. The Lyrids are active from the 15th through the 29th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Sporadic rates during April are steady as...
Read MoreRoberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Towards a definition of a meteor cluster Detection of meteor clusters from meteor orbit databases This article has been submitted to Astronomy...
Read MoreDuring this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday March 22nd. At that time 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near 03:00 local standard time. Since the half-illuminated moon will be present during the...
Read MoreMariasole Maglione (Gruppo Astrofili Vicentini) Lorenzo Barbieri (CARMELO network and AAB: Associazione Astrofili Bolognesi) Introduction February is one of the least active months speaking of meteoric showers. Unlike January,...
Read MoreRoberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: In Search of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids in the Taurid Resonant Swarm This article has been submitted by Jasmine Li, Quanzhi Ye (叶泉志),...
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