As you know am an amateur StarGazer and Astrophotographer. I’ve tracked many nearby objects (Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Venus ) and once captured a meteor on video (link below). I’ve spotted many beautiful meteors in later part of 2022, but yet to take good photos. So here’s to more success in 2023.
Meteors 2023 Info collated by Mani Navasothy
| name | peak | Hourly rate | *Origin | Normal limits |
| Quadrantids | 3-4 January | 110 | asteroid 2003 EH1 | 28 Dec-12 Jan |
| Lyrids | 22-23 April | 18 | comet Thatcher | 14-30 April |
| Eta Aquariids | 6 May | 50 | comet 1P/Halley | 19 Apr-28 May |
| Alpha Capricornids | 30 July | 5 | ? | 3 July -15 Aug |
| Delta Aquariids | 30 July | 25 | comet 96P/Machholz | 12 July – 23 Aug |
| Perseids | 12-13 Aug | 100 | comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle | 17 July – 24 Aug |
| Draconids | 8-9 Oct | <10 | comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | 6-10 October |
| Southern Taurids | 10-12 Oct | 5 | ? Asteroid 2004 TG10 and Comet 2P/Encke | 10 Sept- 20 Nov |
| Orionids | 21-22 Oct | 25 | comet 1P/Halley | 2 Oct- 7 Nov |
| Northern Taurids | 12-13 No | 5 | Asteroid 2004 TG10 and Comet 2P/Encke | 20 Oct- 10 Dec |
| Leonids | 17-18 Nov | 10 | comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle | 6-30 Nov |
| Geminids | 14-15 Dec | 150 | the asteroid 3200 Phaethon | 4-20 Dec |
| The Ursids | 22-23 Dec | 10 | comet 8P/Tuttle | 17-26 Dec |
- Ref (accessed on 20/01/2023) Royal Museums Greenwich https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/meteor-shower-guide
I’ve found some good Stargazing/ meteor watch groups. here’s a brief list (I’ll add to this when i have more info)
- SW London Stargazers meetup group (800+ members) https://www.meetup.com/swl-stargazers/
- UK Meteor network https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/
- Bakerstreet Irregular Astronomers https://www.facebook.com/groups/132196206819659
- Bakerstreet Irregular Astronomers website https://www.bakerstreetastro.org/
My clip of a Meteor (YT link) 13th August 2013
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