Meteor Showers
Archive post.
Translated from Ukrainian.
Here’s a table of meteor showers for MS. Meteor scatter enthusiasts probably have one already, but I made this one for myself and for beginners.
| Constellation | Date | Peak | A.D. | Dec | U.T. | ZHR | Comet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrantids | January 1–6 | January 4 | 15h28m | +50° | 11h | 85 | |
| Tucanids° | March 1 | March 1 | 13h | -64° | 21h54 | ? | Bradfield |
| Virginids | March – April, April 7–18 | April 11 | 14h04m 13h36m | -09° -11° | 14h30 | 5 | |
| Lyrids | April 19–25 | April 21 | 18h08m | +32° | 22h | 10 | Thatcher |
| Eta Aquarids | April 24 – May 20 | May 5 | 22h20m | -01° | 05h | 35 | Halley |
| Alpha Scorpiids | April 20 – May 19 | April 27–28 | 16h32m | -24° | 00h | 5 | |
| May 12 | 16h04m | -24° | 10h30 | 5 | |||
| Alpha Cygnids | July – August | July 20 | 21h00m | +48° | 10h30 | 5 | |
| August 20 | 21h00m | +48° | 18h | 5 | |||
| Capricornids | July – August | July 7 | 20h44m | -15° | 20h | 5 | |
| July 15 | 21h00m | -15° | 05h | 5 | |||
| July 25 | 21h00m | -15° | 16h | 5 | |||
| Delta Aquarids | July 15 – August 20 | July 28 | 22h36m | -17° | 20h | 20 | |
| August 6 | 23h04m | +02° | 04h | 10 | |||
| Alpha Capricornids | July 15 – August 25 | August 1–2 | 20h36m | -10° | 00h | 5 | |
| Iota Aquarids | July – August | August 6 | 22h10m | -15° | 04h | 8 | |
| August 6 | 22h04m | -06° | 04h | 10 | |||
| Perseids | July 23 – August 20 | August 12 | 03h04m | +58° | 10h | 75 | Swift-Tuttle |
| Upsilon Pegasus° | August 12 | August 12 | 23h20m | +19° | 07h | 12 | |
| 12h12m | +32° | ||||||
| Delta Auriga° | August 15–16 | August 16 | 6h | +55° | |||
| Piscids | September – October | September 8 | 00h36m | +07° | 09h | 10 | |
| Zeta Lyrae° | September 17 | September 17 | 21h12m | +32° | - | 20 | |
| 20h20m | +32° | ||||||
| 19h00m | +25° | ||||||
| Piscids | September – October | September 20 | 00h24m | +00° | 16h | 5 | |
| October 13 | 01h44m | +14° | 01h | 5 | |||
| Dzeta Aurigae° | October 15–16 | October 15–16 | 06h00m | +55° | - | - | |
| Orionids | October 16–27 | October 22 | 06h24m | +15° | 03h | 25 | Halley |
| Taurids | October 20 – November 30 | November 2 | 03h44m | +14° | 03h | 10 | Encke |
| November 2 | 03h44m | +22° | 03h | 10 | Encke | ||
| Leonids°° | November 15–20 | November 18 | 10h08m | +22° | 02h | 45-250 | Tempel-Tuttle |
| Puppids-Velids | November 27 – January | December 8 | 09h00m | -48° | 19h | 15 | |
| December 25 | 09h20m | -65° | 12h | 10 | |||
| Chi Orionids° | early December | - | 05h40m | -2° | - | - | |
| Geminids | December 7–16 | December 13 | 07h28m | +32° | 17h | 75 | 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | December 17–25 | December 22 | 14h28m | +78° | 13h | 5 | Tuttle ? |