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Comet and meteor section meeting

This joint Comet and Meteor Section meeting will take place in Edinburgh, a few minutes’ walk from Waverley Station on

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Dark Skies for the Perseid Meteors This Year!

With New Moon occurring on 4th August this year, we have dark skies ahead for the run up to Perseid

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Dark Skies for the Geminid Meteor Shower this December

The Geminid meteor shower is expected to reach maximum activity sometime in the afternoon (UK time) of Thursday, December 14

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The Return of a ‘Lost’ Meteor Shower?

Each year we see a weak shower of meteors from a broad dust stream associated with disintegrated comet 3D/Biela. This

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A Great Year for the Perseid Meteor Shower!

With the August Full Sturgeon Moon behind us, the Moon is now rising slightly later each night providing observers with

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Perseids Making A Showing As Moonlight Interferes

In spite of increasing interference from moonlight, observers have been taking advantage of the run of clear if somewhat hazy

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Contact the Meteor Section

Please use the form below to contact the Section Director. If you wish to submit your observations to the section,

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The First Meteor Shower of the Year

Much has been made in the popular astronomical press of the fact that many of the most important annual meteor

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Get Ready for the 2021 Geminid Meteor Shower

When and How to Observe

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Arid meteors, 2021 October

Comet 15P/Finlay is a short period comet which last came to perihelion on 2021 July 13. It is currently moving

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