April is the first spring month to feature prominent meteor showers, particularly the Lyrids (LYR). However, activity was fairly moderate. On April 23, however, a fireball was observed across much of Europe, an event of great significance and impact.
Like February, March is also a quiet month for meteor showers, and, as expected, it did not feature any particularly notable showers. For this reason, we took the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic of meteor velocities in relation to the Earth’s position during its rotation.
February is one of the least active months in terms of meteor showers, with no particularly significant showers occurring. We therefore took the opportunity to qualitatively analyze the diurnal variation in the number of meteors intercepted by Earth.
January opened with the peak of the Quadrantids, which is the main and dominant shower for the entire month. The peak of the Quadrantids occurred between January 3 and 4.
December is the month of the Geminids (GEM), a meteor shower originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon. The peak of the Geminids’ activity was recorded by the CARMELO network on the night between December 13 and 14. On the other hand, no particularly high activity was recorded from the Ursids, in line with visual observers.
November is the month of the Leonids (LEO), but this year the CARMELO network did not record particularly intense activity around the predicted peak of the shower.
October is the month of the Orionids (ORI). The CARMELO network recorded a moderate increase in meteor activity between October 21 and 22, and a further increase between October 26 and 27.
In September, the meteor activity detected by the CARMELO network was moderate and did not allow us to highlight peaks in the activity of specific showers. We therefore decided to take this opportunity to think about the possibility of evaluating, at least qualitatively, the behavior of meteor showers based on the network data.
August is the month of the Perseids. This year, although the shower is as scattered as ever, a peak in meteor activity was recorded on the night of August 13.
In the first half of July, meteor activity was moderate, mainly dominated by the Psi Cassiopeids meteor shower (187 PCA).
In June, the CARMELO network recorded increasing meteoric activity, and in the first half of the month detected activity consistent with the daytime shower of the Arietids (171 ARI).
In May, the CARMELO network did not detect particularly intense meteoric activity. Early in the month there was a peak, though not very pronounced, of the Eta Aquariids (ETA) shower on the night of May 5-6. We also report the detection of a meteoric outburst probably related to comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann in early June.
April is the first spring month to show prevalent meteoric showers, such as the ancient Lyrids (LYR). Peak activity for 2025 was expected between April 21 and 22. The CARMELO network observed moderate activity, with a slight increase in the night of April 22-23, at the time when the Lyrids were approximately in meridian.
March, like February, is one of the least active months in terms of the passage of large meteor showers. While waiting for the peak of the Lyrids, expected in the second half of April, we have focused our attention this month on some considerations regarding radio noise.
February is one of the least active months speaking of meteoric showers. Unlike January, characterized by the peak of Quadrantids, and other months with more pronounced events, the central winter period has no particularly interesting showers. However, radar observation allows detection of otherwise undetectable phenomena, such as Daytime Showers, meteor showers whose radiant is so close to the Sun that it cannot be observed by traditional optical methods.
January opened with the peak of the Quadrantids, which is the main and dominant shower for the entire month. The peak of the Quadrantids occurred on January 3.
December is the month of the Geminids (GEM), a very unusual shower because it originated not from a comet but from an asteroid, 3200 Phaeton. The CARMELO network recorded the peak of the Geminids on the night of December 13-14. Minor showers were also present, with a slight increase in activity between December 22 and 24 with the peak of the Ursids.
Ieri si è svolto il primo incontro dei partecipanti al gruppo di ricerca CARMELO e di quanti volessero entrare a farne parte: un incontro molto interessante, in cui abbiamo condiviso i risultati fin qui raggiunti e il futuro della ricerca. Il video si trova al seguente link.
Il nostro gruppo, in collaborazione e col sostegno dell'Associazione Astrofili Bolognesi, organizza un incontro per illustrare, divulgare e confrontarsi sul progetto CARMELO. L'evento si terrà sabato 19 ottobre 2024 a Bologna e anche online.
Il nostro gruppo, in collaborazione e col sostegno dell'Associazione Astrofili Bolognesi, organizza un incontro per illustrare, divulgare e confrontarsi sul progetto CARMELO con quanti abbiano voglia di prender parte a questa esperienza.
A new article on the CARMELO project has just been released.