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Meteor Shower Calendar
This site would not be complete without a Meteor Shower Calendar. This lists the major shower activity and is compiled from information available on the WWW.
Optimum path times for major meteor showers can be found here.
Shower Activity Period Maximum Radiant V_infty r ZHR
    Date sol a d km/s    
Quadrantids (QUA)Jan 01-Jan 05Jan 03283°16230°+49°412.1120 
delta-Cancrids (DCA)Jan 01-Jan 24Jan 17297° 130°+20°283
alpha-Centaurids (ACE)Jan 28-Feb 21Feb 07319°2210°-59°562
delta-Leonids (DLE)Feb 15-Mar 10Feb 24336° 168°+16°233
gamma-Normids (GNO)Feb 25-Mar 22Mar 13353°249°-51°562.4
Virginids (VIR)Jan 25-Apr 15(Mar 24)(4°) 195°-04°303
Lyrids (LYR)Apr 16-Apr 25Apr 22032°32 271°+34°492.118 
pi-Puppids (PPU)Apr 15-Apr 28Apr 24033°5110°-45°182 
eta-Aquarids (ETA)Apr 19-May 28May 05045°5338°-01°662.460 
Sagittarids (SAG)Apr 15-Jul 15(May 19)(59°)247°-22°302.5
June Bootids (JBO)Jun 26-Jul 02Jun 27095°7224°+48°182.2 
Pegasids (JPE)Jul 07-Jul 13Jul 09107°5340°+15°703
July Phoenicids (PHE)Jul 10-Jul 16Jul 13111°32°-48°473 
Piscis Austrinids (PAU)Jul 15-Aug 10Jul 2825°341°-30°353.2
South. delta-Aquarids (SDA)Jul 12-Aug 19Jul 28125°339°-16°413.220 
alpha-Capricornids (CAP)Jul 03-Aug 15Jul 30127°307°-10°232.5
South. iota-Aquarids (SIA)Jul 25-Aug 15Aug 04132°334°-15°342.9
North. dleta-Aquarids (NDA)Jul 15-Aug 25Aug 08136°335°-05°423.4
Perseids (PER)Jul 17-Aug 24Aug 12140°46°+58°592.6100 
kappa-Cygnids (KCG)Aug 03-Aug 25Aug 17145°286°+59°253
North. iota-Aquarids (NIA)Aug 11-Aug 31Aug 19147°327°-06°313.2
alpha-Aurigids (AUR)Aug 25-Sep 08Sep 01158°684°+42°662.6
delta-Aurigids (DAU)Sep 05-Oct 10Sep 09166°760°+47°642.9
Piscids (SPI)Sep 01-Sep 30Sep 19177°-01°263
Draconids (GIA)Oct 06-Oct 10Oct 08195°4262°+54°202.6 
epsilon-Geminids (EGE)Oct 14-Oct 27Oct 18205°102°+27°703
Orionids (ORI)Oct 02-Nov 07Oct 21208°95°+16°662.523 
Southern Taurids (STA)Oct 01-Nov 25Nov 05223°52°+13°272.3
Northern Taurids (NTA)Oct 01-Nov 25Nov 12230°58°+22°292.3
Leonids (LEO)Nov 14-Nov 21Nov 17235°27153°+22°712.5 
alpha-Monocerotids (AMO)Nov 15-Nov 25Nov 21239°32117°+01°652.4 
chi-Orionids (XOR)Nov 26-Dec 15Dec 02250°82°+23°283
Dec Phoenicids (PHO)Nov 28-Dec 09Dec 06254°2518°-53°182.8 
Puppid/Velids (PUP)Dec 01-Dec 15(Dec 07)(255°)123°-45°402.910 
Monocerotids (MON)Nov 27-Dec 17Dec 09257°100°+08°423
sigma-Hydrids (HYD)Dec 03-Dec 15Dec 12260°127°+02°583
Geminids (GEM)Dec 07-Dec 17Dec 14262°2112°+33°352.6120 
Coma Berenicids (COM)Dec 12-Jan 23Dec 19268°175°+25°653
Ursids (URS)Dec 17-Dec 26Dec 22270°7217°+76°33310 
Arietids (DAR)May 22 - July 2June 06/070038 
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