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On January. 04, 2006, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling display of Quadrantid meteors. In 2006 the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent so there will be no interference. The best place and time to watch is after 3:00 am local time on Wednesday, January 4th in Asian. North American observers m...

The Arietid meteor shower streams from a point only 30 degrees from the sun, peaks on the 8th June. The best time to look is just before dawn. This is the strongest daylight meteor shower of the year. The duration extends from May 22 to July 2. The hourly rate is 54 at maximum. This meteor shower was discov...

The Chi Capricornids are a daylight meteor shower. The shower has a broad active range between January 29 and February 28 with a peak during the day time hours around the 13th February. The chi Capricornid radiant is located 17°SW of the Sun in southern Capricornus, (Peak radiant is at =314.3°, =-23....

The Pi Virginids meteor shower occur between February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9, with two to five meteors per hour. The shower was first observed in 1908 and identified in 1948. Read more

Gamma Normids meteor shower Shower Activity Maximum Radiant Velocity ZHR Period Date R.A. Dec. Gamma Normids 11 - 22 Mar 11 16.7 -44.0° 58.9 5.5

Eta-Lyrids meteor shower on the 10th May, 2010. (1:00 UT) ZHR=3.0 Velocity=46.6km/s (rather rapid) Radiant: RA=19.4h/292° Dec=39.7° (J2000) (in constellation Cygnus)

Daytime Omega-Cetids meteor shower in constellation Cetus, on the 7th May, 2010. ZHR: 8.0 Velocity: 38.1km/s Radiant (J2000): RA=1.3h/19° Dec=-7.0°

June Lyrids meteor shower (in constellation Lyra) Best seen from 0.2h - 2.1h ZHR=2.4 Local hour rate=1 Velocity=20.3km/s (very slow) Radiant: RA=18.8h/281° Dec=44.7° (J2000)

Tau-Aquariids meteor shower in constellation Aquarius. The meteor shower is active from the 27th June to 6th July. ZHR=7.1 Velocity=66.2km/s Radiant: RA=22.9h/343° Dec=-11.8°

North Delta-Aquariids meteor shower in the constellation Pisces, 17:00 UT, 26th July, 2010. ZHR=3.5 Velocity=42.0km/s (rather rapid) Radiant: RA=23.0h/345° Dec=0.4° (J2000)

Starting from today the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower will appear, lasting until August 19; and peaking around July 28. The meteors will radiate from a point in the constellation of Aquarius. Expect to see 11 meteors an hour, though sometimes it can be as high as 50/hour. The...

The Southern Iota Aquarids meteor shower peaks on August 5 with a ZHR of two. With these low rates one would be lucky to see one shower member per hour. The radiant is currently located in south-western Aquarius, five degrees west of the third magnitude star Delta Aquarii. At 34 km/sec the meteors have...

Eta-Eridanids meteor shower in the constellation Eridani, 10th August, 2010. ZHR=6.0 Velocity=65.0km/s (rapid) Radiant: RA=3.0h/45° Dec=-12.9° (J2000)

People in many areas of Taiwan will have the opportunity of witnessing two waves of rare and spectacular meteor showers are set to appear next week. Astronomers at the Taipei Astronomical Museum said people will be able to see the upcoming meteor showers with naked eyes under fair weather condition...

Meteor shower with a radiant located in the constellations of Puppis and Vela five degrees northeast of Gamma Velorum. Peak date: 7th December Activity: Dec 1 - Dec 15 ZHR=10

The Geminid meteor shower officially begins on December 6th, but it doesn't peak until the morning of the 14th at 02:24 UT. The best viewing time this year is on Tuesday morning, December 13; the last couple of hours before morning twilight, when the Moon will be near or below the horizon. The Gemini...

Alpha Centaurid meteor shower. The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower is considered to be a "minor" meteor shower. The reason is, on average, only 3 to 5 meteors per hour are normally observed during this shower. This particular shower is also considered to be for more advanced meteor observ...

P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute; and Esko Lyytinen, Helsinki, Finland, report that six Finnish observers using wide-angle video cameras (limiting magnitude +1) observed a possible outburst of gamma Ursae Minorids, a newly discovered stream (cf. CBET 1938) that until now was only known from rada...

PeriodMaximumRadiantVelocityZHRDateR.A.Dec.km/sDelta

The Alpha Virginids occur between March 10 and May 6, peaking between April 7 and April 18, with five to ten meteors per hour. They were first detected in 1895. Read more Shower Activity Period Maximum Radiant Velocity ZH...

ShowerActivityMaximumRadiant VelocityZHR PeriodDateR.A.Dec. Gamma VirginidsApril 5 to 21April 14/1512.05.7°22.24.6

ShowerActivity PeriodMaximumRadiantVelocityZHR DateR.A.Dec.km/s Zeta CygnidsMar 27 to April 13Apr. 6295° 37442 The parent body is unknown.

This meteor shower extends from 21st May to the 16th June. With the broad maximum on the 10-15th June. The radiant point is near the borders of the constellations Ophtuchus, Sagittarius, and Scorpius. The Theta Ophiuchids are best after midnight and from southerly latitudes. This shower is also kn...

Maximum of the South June Aquilids meteor shower in the constellation Aquila on the 17th June, 2011. The shower is active from the 9th June to the 2nd July. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=38.6km/s Radiant: RA=19.5h/293° Dec=-4.9° During June 13-19, 1961, C. S. Nilsson (Adelaide, South Australia) detected...

There is one well documented annual meteor shower which is associated with the constellation of Ophiuchus which peaks on or about June 20 of each year - the Ophiuchids. The radiant - or point of origin - for this meteor shower is near Sagittarius border. The fall rate varies from average 8 to 20 meteors...

P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, reports the detection of a meteor outburst from a previously unknown shower on 2011 February 4 during routine low-light-level video triangulations with NASA's Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) project in California between 2h20m and 14h20m UT. Duri...

Beta-Cassiopeids meteor maximum in the constellation Cassiopeia on the 30th July, 2011. The shower is active from 3rd July to 19th. August. ZHR=10.0 Velocity=51.6km/s Radiant: RA=23.7h/353° Dec=59.1°

The Alpha Capricornids are active from a wide radiant located in western Aquarius, three degrees northeast of the fourth magnitude star Epsilon Aquarii. Current rates are about one per hour. They have a velocity of 23 km/sec. Active: Jul 3 —August 15; Maximum: July 30 (λ = 127°); ZHR = 4; ...

The Northern Iota Aquarids meteor shower peaks on the 25th August, 2011. Range: August 11- September 10 ZHR: 5-10 meteors per hour Speed: 31 km/s Radiant: RA=21:48, Dec= -06°

25 bright fireballs were recorded over the eastern United States. "Our SENTINEL all-sky camera picked up 25 bright meteors in a shower that began at 06:20 UT and lasted approximately 4 hours. Most appear to have a radiant near Perseus, leading us to hypothesise an outburst of the September Per...

The Sextanids are active September 29 through October 9. Though, this one is more of a radio/radar shower as it occurs during the daytime with minimal activity. The radiate is in the constellation Sextans. The Sextanid meteor shower was first reported by Weiss (1960), who matched theoretical enve...

The Oct. Delta-Aurigids meteor maximum in the constellation Auriga is on the 4th October, 2011. The stream is active from 29. September to 18. October. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=65.8km/s Radiant: RA=5.6h/83° Dec=50.4°

A new meteor shower

The Earth is expected to encounter a great number of the comet 209P trails in 2014. The main source of activity should become 1898-1919 trails, however some meteors could be produced by the earlier trails of the comet, down to 1763 trail, which is the oldest computed trail, and even earlier. The compu...

The Pi Puppids are a meteor shower associated with the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. The meteor stream was viewable around April 23 but only in years around the parent comet's perihelion date, the last being in 2003. Read more

Circinus is the radiant of an annual meteor shower, the Alpha Circinids (ACI). First observed in Queensland in 1977, the meteors have an average velocity of 27.1 km/s and are thought to be associated with a long-period comet. In 2011, Peter Jenniskens proposed that the debris trail of comet C/1969 T...

The peak of the Daytime Arietids meteor shower, in constellation Aries, is at 12:00 UT, 7th June, 2013. ZHR=54.0 Velocity=37.4km/s The stream is active from the 22nd May to the 2nd July. Though no one is sure where the Arietids dust comes from, some suspect it's debris from the sungrazing aster...

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Meteor Shower Quadrantids Quadrantids ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview)	Events	44	17845	Jan 2 13:16 2018 by Blobrana
On January. 04, 2006, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling display of Quadrantid meteors. In 2006 the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent so there will be no interference. The best place and time to watch is after 3:00 am local time on Wednesday, January 4th in Asian. North American observers m...
Meteor shower Arietid meteor shower ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Events	16	7208	Jun 6 13:01 2017 by Blobrana
The Arietid meteor shower streams from a point only 30 degrees from the sun, peaks on the 8th June. The best time to look is just before dawn. This is the strongest daylight meteor shower of the year. The duration extends from May 22 to July 2. The hourly rate is 54 at maximum. This meteor shower was discov...
Meteor shower Chi Capricornids (Preview)	Events	0	1799	Feb 18 15:21 2010 by Blobrana
The Chi Capricornids are a daylight meteor shower. The shower has a broad active range between January 29 and February 28 with a peak during the day time hours around the 13th February. The chi Capricornid radiant is located 17°SW of the Sun in southern Capricornus, (Peak radiant is at =314.3°, =-23....
Meteor shower Pi Virginids (Preview)	Events	2	2613	Mar 4 06:45 2012 by Blobrana
The Pi Virginids meteor shower occur between February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9, with two to five meteors per hour. The shower was first observed in 1908 and identified in 1948. Read more
meteor shower Gamma Normids (Preview)	Events	3	2018	Mar 10 11:48 2017 by Blobrana
Gamma Normids meteor shower Shower Activity Maximum Radiant Velocity ZHR Period Date R.A. Dec. Gamma Normids 11 - 22 Mar 11 16.7 -44.0° 58.9 5.5
Meteor shower Eta-Lyrids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	4	2609	May 9 21:39 2018 by Blobrana
Eta-Lyrids meteor shower on the 10th May, 2010. (1:00 UT) ZHR=3.0 Velocity=46.6km/s (rather rapid) Radiant: RA=19.4h/292° Dec=39.7° (J2000) (in constellation Cygnus)
Meteor shower Omega-Cetids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	3	2516	May 6 14:42 2014 by Blobrana
Daytime Omega-Cetids meteor shower in constellation Cetus, on the 7th May, 2010. ZHR: 8.0 Velocity: 38.1km/s Radiant (J2000): RA=1.3h/19° Dec=-7.0°
Meteor shower Lyra June Lyrids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	8	4894	Jun 15 20:10 2014 by Blobrana
June Lyrids meteor shower (in constellation Lyra) Best seen from 0.2h - 2.1h ZHR=2.4 Local hour rate=1 Velocity=20.3km/s (very slow) Radiant: RA=18.8h/281° Dec=44.7° (J2000)
Meteor shower Tau-Aquariids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	4	1804	Jun 27 09:28 2017 by Blobrana
Tau-Aquariids meteor shower in constellation Aquarius. The meteor shower is active from the 27th June to 6th July. ZHR=7.1 Velocity=66.2km/s Radiant: RA=22.9h/343° Dec=-11.8°
Meteor shower North Delta-Aquariids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	4	2723	Jul 25 20:30 2014 by Blobrana
North Delta-Aquariids meteor shower in the constellation Pisces, 17:00 UT, 26th July, 2010. ZHR=3.5 Velocity=42.0km/s (rather rapid) Radiant: RA=23.0h/345° Dec=0.4° (J2000)
Meteor Meteor shower S. Delta Aquarid meteor shower ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Events	23	19042	Jul 27 17:32 2017 by Blobrana
Starting from today the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower will appear, lasting until August 19; and peaking around July 28. The meteors will radiate from a point in the constellation of Aquarius. Expect to see 11 meteors an hour, though sometimes it can be as high as 50/hour. The...
Meteor Shower Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower (Preview)	Events	0	1519	Aug 5 22:49 2010 by Blobrana
The Southern Iota Aquarids meteor shower peaks on August 5 with a ZHR of two. With these low rates one would be lucky to see one shower member per hour. The radiant is currently located in south-western Aquarius, five degrees west of the third magnitude star Delta Aquarii. At 34 km/sec the meteors have...
Meteor shower Eta-Eridanids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	1	1522	Aug 9 05:35 2012 by Blobrana
Eta-Eridanids meteor shower in the constellation Eridani, 10th August, 2010. ZHR=6.0 Velocity=65.0km/s (rapid) Radiant: RA=3.0h/45° Dec=-12.9° (J2000)
Meteor shower Alpha-Monocerotids (Preview)	Events	5	3198	Nov 20 13:18 2016 by Blobrana
People in many areas of Taiwan will have the opportunity of witnessing two waves of rare and spectacular meteor showers are set to appear next week. Astronomers at the Taipei Astronomical Museum said people will be able to see the upcoming meteor showers with naked eyes under fair weather condition...
Meteor shower Puppid-Velids (Preview)	Events	0	1567	Dec 10 23:24 2010 by Blobrana
Meteor shower with a radiant located in the constellations of Puppis and Vela five degrees northeast of Gamma Velorum. Peak date: 7th December Activity: Dec 1 - Dec 15 ZHR=10
Geminids Meteor shower Geminid meteor shower ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview)	Events	76	22041	Dec 13 12:32 2017 by Blobrana
The Geminid meteor shower officially begins on December 6th, but it doesn't peak until the morning of the 14th at 02:24 UT. The best viewing time this year is on Tuesday morning, December 13; the last couple of hours before morning twilight, when the Moon will be near or below the horizon. The Gemini...
Meteor shower Alpha Centaurid meteor shower (Preview)	Events	1	1634	Feb 8 08:00 2012 by Blobrana
Alpha Centaurid meteor shower. The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower is considered to be a "minor" meteor shower. The reason is, on average, only 3 to 5 meteors per hour are normally observed during this shower. This particular shower is also considered to be for more advanced meteor observ...
Meteor shower gamma Ursae Minorids (Preview)	Events	2	1646	Jan 19 22:46 2014 by Blobrana
P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute; and Esko Lyytinen, Helsinki, Finland, report that six Finnish observers using wide-angle video cameras (limiting magnitude +1) observed a possible outburst of gamma Ursae Minorids, a newly discovered stream (cf. CBET 1938) that until now was only known from rada...
Meteor shower Delta Leonids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	0	1099	Feb 26 17:11 2011 by Blobrana
PeriodMaximumRadiantVelocityZHRDateR.A.Dec.km/sDelta
Meteor shower Alpha-Virginids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	8	2544	Apr 17 11:41 2018 by Blobrana
The Alpha Virginids occur between March 10 and May 6, peaking between April 7 and April 18, with five to ten meteors per hour. They were first detected in 1895. Read more Shower Activity Period Maximum Radiant Velocity ZH...
Meteor shower Gamma Virginids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	1	1628	Mar 24 08:07 2015 by Blobrana
ShowerActivityMaximumRadiant VelocityZHR PeriodDateR.A.Dec. Gamma VirginidsApril 5 to 21April 14/1512.05.7°22.24.6
Meteor shower Zeta Cygnids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	1	913	Mar 28 15:52 2011 by Blobrana
ShowerActivity PeriodMaximumRadiantVelocityZHR DateR.A.Dec.km/s Zeta CygnidsMar 27 to April 13Apr. 6295° 37442 The parent body is unknown.
Meteor shower Theta Ophiuchids meteor shower (Preview)	Meteors	0	1376	Jun 9 23:07 2011 by Blobrana
This meteor shower extends from 21st May to the 16th June. With the broad maximum on the 10-15th June. The radiant point is near the borders of the constellations Ophtuchus, Sagittarius, and Scorpius. The Theta Ophiuchids are best after midnight and from southerly latitudes. This shower is also kn...
Meteor shower South June Aquilids (Preview)	Meteors	3	2498	Jun 16 20:34 2014 by Blobrana
Maximum of the South June Aquilids meteor shower in the constellation Aquila on the 17th June, 2011. The shower is active from the 9th June to the 2nd July. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=38.6km/s Radiant: RA=19.5h/293° Dec=-4.9° During June 13-19, 1961, C. S. Nilsson (Adelaide, South Australia) detected...
Meteor shower Ophiuchids meteor shower (Preview)	Meteors	0	1524	Jun 19 23:13 2011 by Blobrana
There is one well documented annual meteor shower which is associated with the constellation of Ophiuchus which peaks on or about June 20 of each year - the Ophiuchids. The radiant - or point of origin - for this meteor shower is near Sagittarius border. The fall rate varies from average 8 to 20 meteors...
Meteor shower February Eta Draconids (Preview)	Meteors	2	1729	Jul 28 17:40 2011 by Blobrana
P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, reports the detection of a meteor outburst from a previously unknown shower on 2011 February 4 during routine low-light-level video triangulations with NASA's Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) project in California between 2h20m and 14h20m UT. Duri...
Meteor shower Beta-Cassiopeids meteor shower (Preview)	Meteors	5	3695	Jul 29 09:07 2015 by Blobrana
Beta-Cassiopeids meteor maximum in the constellation Cassiopeia on the 30th July, 2011. The shower is active from 3rd July to 19th. August. ZHR=10.0 Velocity=51.6km/s Radiant: RA=23.7h/353° Dec=59.1°
Meteor Shower Alpha-Capricornids (Preview)	Events	3	2535	Jul 30 00:34 2013 by Blobrana
The Alpha Capricornids are active from a wide radiant located in western Aquarius, three degrees northeast of the fourth magnitude star Epsilon Aquarii. Current rates are about one per hour. They have a velocity of 23 km/sec. Active: Jul 3 —August 15; Maximum: July 30 (λ = 127°); ZHR = 4; ...
Meteor shower Northern Iota Aquarids meteor shower (Preview)	Events	1	1291	Aug 25 06:01 2012 by Blobrana
The Northern Iota Aquarids meteor shower peaks on the 25th August, 2011. Range: August 11- September 10 ZHR: 5-10 meteors per hour Speed: 31 km/s Radiant: RA=21:48, Dec= -06°
Perseids Meteor shower September Perseids (Preview)	Events	9	4408	Sep 8 12:57 2017 by Blobrana
25 bright fireballs were recorded over the eastern United States. "Our SENTINEL all-sky camera picked up 25 bright meteors in a shower that began at 06:20 UT and lasted approximately 4 hours. Most appear to have a radiant near Perseus, leading us to hypothesise an outburst of the September Per...
Meteor shower Sextantid Meteor Shower (Preview)	Meteors	2	3804	Sep 30 18:30 2013 by Blobrana
The Sextanids are active September 29 through October 9. Though, this one is more of a radio/radar shower as it occurs during the daytime with minimal activity. The radiate is in the constellation Sextans. The Sextanid meteor shower was first reported by Weiss (1960), who matched theoretical enve...
Meteor shower Delta-Aurigids (Preview)	Meteors	5	3583	Oct 3 17:16 2017 by Blobrana
The Oct. Delta-Aurigids meteor maximum in the constellation Auriga is on the 4th October, 2011. The stream is active from 29. September to 18. October. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=65.8km/s Radiant: RA=5.6h/83° Dec=50.4°
Meteor shower August iota cetids (Preview)	Meteors	0	1447	Oct 20 01:19 2012 by Blobrana
A new meteor shower
Meteor Shower 209P-ids Meteor Shower (Preview)	Meteors 2012	4	2972	May 23 20:00 2014 by Blobrana
The Earth is expected to encounter a great number of the comet 209P trails in 2014. The main source of activity should become 1898-1919 trails, however some meteors could be produced by the earlier trails of the comet, down to 1763 trail, which is the oldest computed trail, and even earlier. The compu...
Meteor Shower Pi Puppids (Preview)	Events	2	1176	Apr 22 11:15 2014 by Blobrana
The Pi Puppids are a meteor shower associated with the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. The meteor stream was viewable around April 23 but only in years around the parent comet's perihelion date, the last being in 2003. Read more
Meteor Shower Alpha Circinids (Preview)	Meteors 2013	0	1196	Jun 3 23:23 2013 by Blobrana
Circinus is the radiant of an annual meteor shower, the Alpha Circinids (ACI). First observed in Queensland in 1977, the meteors have an average velocity of 27.1 km/s and are thought to be associated with a long-period comet. In 2011, Peter Jenniskens proposed that the debris trail of comet C/1969 T...
Meteor Shower Daytime Arietids (Preview)	Meteors 2013	3	2902	Jun 6 10:53 2018 by Blobrana
The peak of the Daytime Arietids meteor shower, in constellation Aries, is at 12:00 UT, 7th June, 2013. ZHR=54.0 Velocity=37.4km/s The stream is active from the 22nd May to the 2nd July. Though no one is sure where the Arietids dust comes from, some suspect it's debris from the sungrazing aster...