Starship Asterisk*

Well, I appear to be on a buttered roll, so here's another citizen science project, CoCoRaHS. All you need to do is set up an inexpensive rain gauge in your yard, and read it daily. http://www.cocorahs.org/ It is EXTREMELY valuable in forecasting flooding, drought, etc. The NWS and State Climatologi...

The majority of long term data about meteor showers (which come from comets) is from amateurs. To begin the process of learning how to report what you observe, I suggest the North American Meteor Network site: http://www.namnmeteors.org/ Once you learn the basics, then you can report your observatio...