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Object Catalogue: Radiants of Meteor Showers


Name Maximum Limits Hourly rate Right ascension Declination From comet Remarks
Quadrantids 4-Jan January 1-5 100 15h 28m 50°   Average speeds
Chi Cygnids 17-Jan     19h 40m 53°   Slow, evanescent trails
Alpha Aurigids 5-Feb     5h 00m 41°   Very slow, fireballs
Delta Leonids 5-Feb           Average speeds
Zeta Bootids 10-Mar     14h 32m 12°   Fast, persistent trails
Sigma Leonids 21-Mar           Average speeds
April Lyrids 22-Apr April 19-24 14 18h 16m 34° Thatcher Fast, bright, persistent trails
Eta Aquarids 5-May May 1-8 18 22h 25m Halley  
Gamma Aquarids 5-May     22h 24m   Very fast, long trails
Tau Herculids 19-May           Slow
Eta Pegasids 30-May     22h 12m 27°   Very fast, persistent trails
Gamma Draconids 1-Jun     17h 56m 48°   Slow, evanescent trails
Alpha Scorpiids 2-Jun     16h 52m -22°   Very slow, fireballs
June Lyrids 16-Jun June 10-21 10 18h 32m 35°   Blue, persistent trails
Ophiuchids 20-Jun June 17-26 15 17h 20m -20°    
Iota Draconids 27-Jun     15h 12m 57°   Very slow
Beta Taurids 30-Jun     5h 41m 19° Encke  
Alpha Cygnids 1-Jul     21h 00m 48°   Fast, long trails
Alpha/Beta Perseids 23-Jul     3h 12m 43° Swift-Tuttle Very fast
Capricornids 25-Jul July 10-August 5 15 21h 0m -15°    
S.Delta Aquarids 29-Jul July 15-August 15 36/2 22h 36m -17°   Slow, double radiant
N.Delta Aquarids 29-Jul July 15-August 15 36/2 22h 36m   Slow, double radiant
Alpha Capricornids 1-Aug July 15-August 25 10 20h 16m -12°   Yellow fireballs
Lacertids 1-Aug     22h 08m 49°   Average speeds, short
S.Iota Aquarids 5-Aug July 15-August 25 13/2 22h 32m -15°   Double radiant
N.Iota Aquarids 5-Aug July 15-August 25 13/2 22h 04m -6°   Double radiant
Chi Cygnids 10-Aug     19h 20m 54°   Average speeds, bright
Perseids 12-Aug July 25-August 18 70 3h 04m 58°   Very fast
Alpha Aurigids 12-Aug     4h 56m 42°   Very fast, persistent trails
Kappa Cygnids 20-Aug August 18-22 10 19h 20m 55°   Bright, exploding fireballs
Omicron Draconids 21-Aug     19h 24m 60°   Very slow, max. in 1879
Zeta Draconids 21-Aug     17h 32m 62°   Rather slow, bright
S. Piscids 31-Aug           Average speeds
Epsilon Perseids 7-Sep     4h 04m 35°   Fast, persistent trails
N. Taurids 19-Sep           Average speeds
N. Piscids 25-Sep           Average speeds
Annual Andromedids 25-Sep           Slow
Epsilon Arietids 12-Oct     2h 48m 21°   Very slow, fireballs
Orionids 21-Oct October 16-27 35 6h 20m 15° Halley Fast
Epsilon Taurids 30-Oct     4h 16m 22°   Slow, fireballs
E Taurids 1-Nov October 10-December 5 16 3h 32m 14° Encke Slow, bright
Andromedids 17-Nov     1h 40m 43°   Very slow
Leonids 18-Nov November 14-20   10h 08m 22° Tempel-Tuttle Very fast
Phoenicids 5-Dec 5-Dec 25 01h 00m -55°    
Coma Berenicids 12-Dec           Extremely fast
Geminids 14-Dec December 7-15   7h 32m 32°   Average speeds
Ursids 23-Dec December 17-24 18 14h 28m 76° Tuttle Average speeds

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