Observing Meteor Showers - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
Astronomy 161: Meteors and Meteor Showers - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.
Views of the Solar System: Meteoroids and Meteorites - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
Jupiter Scientific: Leonids Meteor Shower - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
Jupiter Scientific: The Perseid Meteors - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
MeteorObs - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.
Andrei Ol'khovatov's Home Page - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, and meteor phenomena.
1908 Siberia Explosion: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eyewitness Accounts - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.
Meteor Shower Observing - Main showers dates.
Sandia National Laboratories - Extraordinary meteor flash captured - Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cloudbait Observatory - Fireballs - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.
Wikipedia: Meteor - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.
Meteor Video Log Northern Ireland - Provides daily observations of meteors including images.
Understanding the Leonids - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
Sky and Telescope: Observing Meteors - News, articles.
NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids.
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