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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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