Annual Meteor Showers

Shower Dates ZHR Radiant Parent Comet
Limits Maximum RA Dec

Quadrantids

Jan 1 - 6

Jan 3

100

15h 30m

+50º

96P/Macholz

Medium Speed; blue

Corona Australids

Mar 14-18

Mar 16

5

16h 24m

-48º

 

 

Lyrids

Apr 19 - 25

Apr 22

10

18h 10m

+32º

C/1861 G1
Thatcher

swift; brilliant

Eta Aquarids

May 1 - 10

May 6

35

22h 23m

-01º

1P/Halley

Very swift; persistent trains

Ophiuchids

June 17-26

June 20

5

17h 23m

-20º

 

 

Capricornids

July 10-
Aug 15

July 25

5

21h 03m

-15º

 

Yellow; very slow

Delta Aquarids

July 15 - Aug 15

July 29
Aug 7

20
10

22h 39m
23h 07m

-17º
>+02º

 

Double radiant

Piscis Australids

July 15 - Aug 20

July 31

5

21h 43m

-17º

 

 

Alpha Capricornids

July 15 - Aug 25

Aug 2

5

20h 39m

-10º

45P/ Honda -Mrkos -Pajdusakova

Bright yellow; slow

Iota Aquarids

July 15 - Aug 25

Aug 6

8

22h 15m
22h 07m

-15º
-06º

 

Double Radiant

Perseids

July 23 - Aug 20

Aug 12

80

03h 08m

-58º

109P/Swift-Tuttle

Perhaps the best shower of all

Giacobinids

Oct 6 - 10

Oct 8

>5

17h 25m

-57º

21P/ Giacobini- Zinner

Only active when parant planet near perihelion

Orionids

Oct 16 - 27

Oct 22

25

06h 27m

+15º

1P/Halley

very swift

Taurids

Oct 20 -
Nov 30

Nov 5

10

03h 47m
03h 47m

+14º
+22º

2P/Encke

Double Radiant

Leonids

Nov 15 - 20

Nov 17

15

10h 11m

+22º

55P/Tempel-Tuttle

Exceptional activity roughly every 33 years

Geminids

Dec 7 - 15

Dec 13

100

07h 28m

+32º

Asteroid 3200
Phaethon

medium speed

Ursids

Dec 17-25

Dec 22

10

14h 27m

+78º

8P/Tuttle

weak


LEONID METEORS 1998Photos of Leonid Meteor Shower 1998
LEONID METEORS 2000 [IAU Circular Number 7522]
LEONID METEORS 2003

The 2003 Leonid meteor shower began on Nov. 13th with a mild flurry of meteors over the Pacific Ocean. This year it had an unusual double peak. Visit the following websites for more information.


URSID METEORS 2000 [IAU Circular Number 7544] & [IAU Circular Number 7548]

 

 

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