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2017 Quadrantids, first major meteor shower of the year!
With the waxing crescent moon limited to the early evening skies, conditions will be nearly perfect for viewing the 2017 Quadrantid meteor shower. The peak is expected to occur near 14:00 Universal…
Bright object lit up Colombian sky on Dec 16
During the first hours of the night of December 16 in Colombia, many inhabitants of the East of the country sighted what appears to be a large fireball. Numerous photographies and videos taken mainly…
New IMO Forum
In conjunction with the new IMO website, it has been decided to create an IMO forum so that those interested in meteors can easily share information on a variety of subjects related to meteors. In…
An Andalusian fireball on Dec 11th, 2016!
On December 11th 2016 evening, the Spanish sky was lit up at 22:25 local time (21:25 UT) thanks to a very bright fireball whose magnitude was below that of the full moon (magnitude estimated to…
Bright fireball over Siberia, Dec. 6, 2016
A space rock about 10-15 m diameter entered the atmosphere above South-Western Siberia, on December 6, 2016, around 18h 35mn (local time, equivalent to 11h 35 mn UT). The associated fireball was…
When a Draco meteor source enlightens another...
Communicated by Carl Johannink 2011 Draconids composite © Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN ) At the end of November, a call for observation was sent to meteor observers to monitor the potential activity of…
Florida, Ireland and the Netherlands fireballs
During the last week, three major fireballs lit up the skies in different parts of the world. Here is some information about these recent events!
New operational spectral meteor cameras on the Canary Islands
The astronomers of the Comenius University in Bratislava in cooperation with the Valašské Meziříčí Observatory on November 11, 2016 successfully installed two spectral cameras for meteor spectra…
Possible 66-Draconids activity on Dec. 2-3, 2016
An article to be shortly published ( Šegon et al. , 2016 ) deals with the association of newly found meteor showers and their possible parent bodies, among which the 66-Draconids meteor shower and…
The Halloween fireball and the meteorite
That could just have been another freaky idea to make Halloween even more spectacular: on November 31, 2016, short before 8:00 pm, inhabitants leaving near Perth (WA, Australia) could see a bright…
50 years ago: the 1966 Leonid meteor storm
Imagine you give Dr Emmet "Doc" Brown's DeLorean to an astronomer whose passion consist in observing shooting stars all night long. When would he drive back to the past? Very probably 50 years ago…
WGN 44:5 out now!
The October 2016 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: Meet the new IMO…
Texas monster Clarendon (c) meteorite
What's the link between a horse riding and a meteorite? Probably none for 99.9% of all cases...
Southern Taurid fireball over Portugal on Nov 5, 2016
Famous for their decent fireball rates, the Northern and Southern Taurids (NTA & STA) meteor shower do not fail their reputation this year! As an example, a huge Southern Taurid fireball was…
Welcome to IMO’s new website!
We are proud to announce the launch of the new website of the International Meteor Organization Website!
WGN 44:4 out now!
Front cover image: Perseid fireball on 2016 August 10 from the National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen in Bulgaria. Photo courtesy: Viktoria Mircheva. The August 2016 issue of the IMO Journal is now…
WGN 44:4 out now!
Front cover image: Perseid fireball on 2016 August 10 from the National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen in Bulgaria. Photo courtesy: Viktoria Mircheva. The August 2016 issue of the IMO Journal is now…
Enhanced October Camelopardalids (OCT) activity on October, 5th, 2016
October Camelopardalids (218 OCT) meteor shower had been the source of unexpected outbursts in 2005 and 2006, on October 5/6, which were recorded with video methods (2005 outburst slightly appeared…
