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The American Meteor Society

The AMS Web Page:  www.amsmeteors.org

The American Meteor Society (AMS) assists observers of meteors by providing instructions, charts, forms and encouragement. Even beginning observers can make accurate and valuable observations. The AMS supports observers with information and publications outlining the way in which their observations. All AMS is dedicated to assist observers in achieving the most accurate skills, and to look for new and better ways of gathering accurate meteor data.

The AMS is mainly interested in visual, CCD camera, and radio observations of:

  • Sporadic meteor rates
  • Meteor shower rates
  • Meteor magnitudes