]> http://www.imo.net/taxonomy/term/108/0 Weekly Meteor Activity Outlook articles by Bob Lunsford. Bob gives outlooks to upcoming meteor activity about once a week. He features showers from the working list of meteor showers as well as suspected radiants. Please refer only to the radiants of the Working list of visual meteor showers in observing reports. en http://www.imo.net/node/1132 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>May is a fairly slow month for meteor activity. The Eta Aquariids are very active the first week of the month then fade as the month progresses. The only other showers active this month are the Eta Lyrids and the Antihelion radiant. These will add only 2-3 meteors per hour to the total count. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere (45 S) continue to rise this month toward a maximum in July. <p> Fri, 09 May 2008 22:04:26 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1129 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>May is a fairly slow month for meteor activity. The Eta Aquariids are very active the first week of the month then fade as the month progresses. The only other showers active this month are the Eta Lyrids and the Antihelion radiant. These will add only 1-2 meteors per hour to the total count. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere (45 S) continue to rise this month toward a maximum in July. <p> Sat, 03 May 2008 07:54:23 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1128 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Unfortunately this date coincides with a full moon this year so activity will be reduced. The Eta Aquarids start appearing near the 20th and reach maximum activity during the first week in May. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:26:23 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1127 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Unfortunately this date coincides with a full moon this year so activity will be reduced. The Eta Aquarids start appearing near the 20th and reach maximum activity during the first week in May. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:01:33 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1126 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Unfortunately this date coincides with a full moon this year so activity will be reduced. The Eta Aquarids start appearing near the 20th and reach maximum activity during the first week in May. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:22:20 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1124 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Unfortunately this date coincides with a full moon this year so activity will be reduced. The Eta Aquarids start appearing near the 20th and reach maximum activity during the first week in May. Sporadic rates are low but steady as seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45 N). Sporadic rates seen from the mid-southern hemisphere Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:12:07 +0200 http://www.imo.net/node/1122 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only two very weak minor showers produce activity this month. The sporadic rates continue a slow decline as seen from the mid-northern latitudes and mid-southern rates reach a fist half minimum. There is not much to look forward to this month expect for the evening fireballs that seem to peak this time of year from the northern hemisphere. This could be due to the fact the antapex lies highest this time of year during the evening hours. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:54:52 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1121 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only two very weak minor showers produce activity this month. The sporadic rates continue a slow decline as seen from the mid-northern latitudes and mid-southern rates reach a fist half minimum. There is not much to look forward to this month expect for the evening fireballs that seem to peak this time of year from the northern hemisphere. This could be due to the fact the antapex lies highest this time of year during the evening hours. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:34:44 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1120 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only two very weak minor showers produce activity this month. The sporadic rates continue a slow decline as seen from the mid-northern latitudes and mid-southern rates reach a fist half minimum. There is not much to look forward to this month expect for the evening fireballs that seem to peak this time of year from the northern hemisphere. This could be due to the fact the antapex lies highest this time of year during the evening hours. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:19:41 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1115 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>February is the only month of the year that sees a fall in rates in both hemispheres. As seen from the northern hemisphere, sporadic rates continue the fall that began in January. This will continue until June when rates reach their nadir. After a brief peak of activity in January, sporadic rates in the southern hemisphere also slide downward until March. Shower activity is low this month but decidedly more interesting in the southern hemisphere. During February there are several sources of activity in the southern Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:57:50 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1114 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>February is the only month of the year that sees a fall in rates in both hemispheres. As seen from the northern hemisphere, sporadic rates continue the fall that began in January. This will continue until June when rates reach their nadir. After a brief peak of activity in January, sporadic rates in the southern hemisphere also slide downward until March. Shower activity is low this month but decidedly more interesting in the southern hemisphere. During February there are several sources of activity in the southern Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:34:04 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1113 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>February is the only month of the year that sees a fall in rates in both hemispheres. As seen from the northern hemisphere, sporadic rates continue the fall that began in January. This will continue until June when rates reach their nadir. After a brief peak of activity in January, sporadic rates in the southern hemisphere also slide downward until March. Shower activity is low this month but decidedly more interesting in the southern hemisphere. During February there are several sources of activity in the southern Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:05:09 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1111 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>January sees a peak of sporadic activity for the southern hemisphere while rates seen north of the equator begin a steady downward turn that continues throughout the first half of the year. The sporadic activity is good for both hemispheres, but not as good as it was for northern observers in December. Once the Quadrantids have passed the shower activity for January is very quiet. <p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>During this period the moon reaches its last Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:16:53 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1110 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>January sees a peak of sporadic activity for the southern hemisphere while rates seen north of the equator begin a steady downward turn that continues throughout the first half of the year. The sporadic activity is good for both hemispheres, but not as good as it was for northern observers in December. Once the Quadrantids have passed the shower activity for January is very quiet. <p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>During this period the moon reaches its full Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:48:53 +0100 http://www.imo.net/node/1109 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>January sees a peak of sporadic activity for the southern hemisphere while rates seen north of the equator begin a steady downward turn that continues throughout the first half of the year. The sporadic activity is good for both hemispheres, but not as good as it was for northern observers in December. Once the Quadrantids have passed the shower activity for January is very quiet. <p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;text-align:justify'> <span style='font-family:Arial'>During this period the moon reaches its first quarter Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:57:23 +0100