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New Year Italian meteorite recovered!
On the first evening of 2020, at 18h 26min UT, a -10 fireball was observed and recorded by Prisma video network over Northern Italy. After careful trajectory analysis and having make the public aware…
WGN 47:6 out now!
The December 2019 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: International…
Viewing the 2020 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
The Quadrantids can be one of the strongest displays of the year, yet they are difficult to observe. The main factor is that the display of strong activity only has a duration of about 6 hours. The…
Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2019
The Ursid meteor shower is the least observed of the major annual showers. In the northern hemisphere December nights are cold and often cloudy. Another hindrance is the fact that it peaks just…
Observing proposal: Geminids and Full Moon
Visual meteor observations under moonlit skies are usually not considered as fun because of the reduced number of meteors. Further, the smaller sample seems to limit the value of the data...
Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2019
The Geminid meteor shower usually provides the strongest display of meteors each year. Near midnight from a clear, dark location, one can often count in excess of 60 Geminid meteors per hours…
Observed alpha-Monocerotids outburst on Nov 22
In CBET 4692 (published on November 4), Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens predicted a potential short alpha-Monocerotid outburst on November 22nd, with meteor hourly rate that could nearly reach…
WGN 47:5 out now!
The October 2019 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: From the…
Alpha Monocerotid Outburst in 2019?
Well known meteor scientists Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen have predicted that there may be an outburst of the alpha Monocertoid meteor shower on the night of November 21/22, 2019. The alpha…
Viewing the Taurids in 2019
During the last three months of the year the two branches of the Taurid meteor shower are active. The Taurids are not known for their high numbers, rather they are known more for the fireballs they…
IMC 2019 in Germany
Two weeks ago, the annual International Meteor Conference (IMC) took place in Bollmansruh, Germany, not far from Berlin. This year the conference was hosted by the Arbeitskreis Meteore...
Viewing the Orionids in 2019
The Orionids, like all meteor showers, are named after the constellation in which they appear to come from, which in this case is Orion...
Fireball over East of France
In the morning hours of October 13th at 6:50 LT (4:50 UT) a bright fireball could be spotted in the Eastern part of France. Observers saw this bright phenomenon from France, parts of Germany, all…
2019 Draconids: possible activity enhancement on Oct 8?
Draconids are famous for their huge meteor storms, especially in 1933 and 1946. Other years, this meteor shower is quite quiet, except when a small meteor outburst or an activity enhancement occurs…
WGN 47:4 out now!
The August 2019 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: IMC 2020 September…
Very bright Tasmanian fireball on Sept. 20, 2019
On September 20 evening, at 10h 31min UT (20:31 AEST), a very bright fireball and related sonic boum were observed, heared and video recorded over Northern Tasmania, Australia.
Bright fireball over Northern Germany!
Yesterday people could see a spectacular fireball over Northern Germany. The event happened on 12 September 2019 at 14:50 CEST (12:50 UT).
Bright fireball over Alberta
On Saturday evening Canadians could see a spectacular fireball over Alberta. The event happened on 31 August 2019 at 22:28 MDT, or on 1. September at 04:28 UT…
