Meteor

A Good Year for the Perseids

Always the summer’s main attraction for meteor enthusiasts and casual observers alike, the Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak

Daylight fireball on March 20 may have dropped a meteorite in the New Forest

Less than a month after the bright fireball event that led to the recovery of numerous meteorites in Gloucestershire (see

Section Officers Director: Dr John Mason Assistant Director: Alex Pratt Video Network Coordinator: William Stewart, Alex Pratt Spectroscopy Coordinator: William

Perseid maximum is here

The weather has been rather variable over the past few days, with very hot and humid days and warm nights

Imaging the Lyrid meteors with a DSLR

The April Lyrids bring to an end the long late winter/early spring period when there are no major meteor showers.

Very bright fireball on Saturday morning, March 30, at 03:52 GMT

A bright fragmenting fireball was picked up by multiple cameras of the BAA/NEMETODE/UKMON video networks at 03:52 GMT on Saturday

An interesting return of the October Draconid meteors

The October Draconid meteor shower produced two outstanding meteor storms in 1933 and 1946 and lesser showers in 1926, 1952,

Visual Observing

Naked eye observation of meteors is one of the easiest and most pleasant form of work open to the amateur

Group Observing

Group watches should be made using the standard technique of the BAA Meteor Section (instructions available as a separate leaflet).

Who’s who

Director Dr John Mason Assistant Director Vacant Telescopic Coordinator Chris Hall Scotland/North England contact Brian Kelly Central England contact Dr