Meteor Showers
According
to IAU, there are 966
meteor showers. Here are the main ones.
Constellation |
Date |
Maximum |
A.D. |
Dec |
U.T. |
ZHR |
Comet |
Quadrantids
|
1
- 6 january |
4
january |
15h28m |
+50° |
11h |
85 |
|
Tucanids°
|
1
march |
1 march |
13h |
-64° |
21h54 |
? |
Bradfield |
Virginids
|
march
- april
7
- 18 april
|
11
april |
14h04m
13h36m
|
-09°
-11°
|
14h30
14h30
|
5
5
|
|
Lyrids
|
19
- 25 april |
21
april |
18h08m |
+32° |
22h |
10 |
Thatcher |
Eta
Aquarids
|
24
april - 20 may |
5 may |
22h20m |
-01° |
05h |
35 |
Halley |
Alpha
Scorpiids
|
20
april - 19 may |
27
- 28 april |
16h32m |
-24° |
00h |
5 |
|
12 may |
16h04m |
-24° |
10h30 |
5 |
|
Tau Herculides°
|
19
may - 19 june |
9
june |
16h19m |
+46° |
05h |
300 ? |
Schwassmann-
Wachmann |
Alpha Cygnids
|
july
- august |
20
july |
21h00m |
+48° |
10h30 |
5 |
|
20 august |
21h00m |
+48° |
18h |
5 |
|
Capricornids
|
july
- august |
7 july |
20h44m |
-15° |
20h |
5 |
|
15
july |
21h00m |
-15° |
05h |
5 |
|
25
july |
21h00m |
-15° |
16h |
5 |
|
Delta
Aquarids
|
15
july - 20 august |
28
july |
22h36m |
-17° |
20h |
20 |
|
6
august |
23h04m |
+02° |
04h |
10 |
|
Alpha
Capricornids
|
15
july - 25 august |
1
- 2 august |
20h36m |
-10° |
00h |
5 |
|
Iota
Aquarids
|
july
- august |
6
august |
22h10m |
-15° |
04h |
8 |
|
6
august |
22h04m |
-06° |
04h |
10 |
|
Perseids
|
23
july - 20 august |
12
august |
03h04m |
+58° |
10h |
75 |
Swift-Tuttle |
Upsilon
Pegasus°
|
12
august |
12
august |
23h20m |
+19° |
07h |
12 |
|
12h12m |
+32° |
|
|
|
Delta
Auriga°
|
15
- 16 august |
16
august |
6h |
+55° |
|
|
|
Piscids
|
september
- october |
8
september |
00h36m |
+07° |
09h |
10 |
|
Zeta
Lyrae°
|
17
september |
17
september
|
21h12m |
+32° |
- |
20 |
|
20h20m |
+32° |
|
|
|
19h00m |
+25° |
|
|
|
Piscids
|
september
- october |
20
september |
00h24m |
+00° |
16h |
5 |
|
13
october |
01h44m |
+14° |
01h |
5 |
|
Dzeta
Aurigae°
|
15
- 16 october |
15
- 16 october |
06h00m |
+55° |
- |
- |
|
Orionids
|
16
- 27 october |
22
octobre |
06h24m |
+15° |
03h |
25 |
Halley |
Taurids
|
20
october - 30 november |
2
november |
03h44m |
+14° |
03h |
10 |
Encke
|
2
november |
03h44m |
+22° |
03h |
10 |
Leonids°°
|
15
- 20 november |
18
november |
10h08m |
+22° |
02h |
45-250 |
Tempel-Tuttle |
Puppids-Velids
|
27
november - january |
8
december |
09h00m |
-48° |
19h |
15 |
|
25
december |
09h20m |
-65° |
12h |
10 |
Chi
Orionids°
|
early
december |
- |
05h40m |
-2° |
- |
- |
|
Geminids
|
7
-16 december |
13
december |
07h28m |
+32° |
17h |
75 |
3200
Phaethon |
Ursids
|
17
- 25 december |
22
december |
14h28m |
+78° |
13h |
5 |
Tuttle
? |
|
°
New shower °°
Every 30 years or so (1966, 1996, 1999...) we can observe a true Leonids
storm with locally several thousands of meteors per minute during half an hour...
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