Observing This daylight shower is detectable during the period April 8 to 29. It reaches maximum…
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The discovery of this meteor shower should be attributed to A. S. Herschel, who plotted 12…
History This meteor shower probably represents one of the weaker branches of the Alpha Virginid stream.…
Observing The strongest branch of the Virginid Complex is the Alpha Virginids, which may represent the actual core…
Observing The duration of this shower is fairly long, extending from March 18 to May 9.…
Observing The duration of this shower extends from April 18 to April 25. The short-duration maximum…
The discovery of the Delta Pavonids is attributed to M. Buhagiar (Perth, West Australia). During the…
History The primary sources for data supporting this stream’s existence come from R. A. McIntosh’s 1935…
Observing The duration of this stream extends from March 13-April 17. Maximum occurs over the period…
Observing the Lyrids For short summaries of this meteor shower, click here for a new story…
History This daytime meteor shower was first detected by C. S. Nilsson (Adelaide Observatory) during 1961.…
Observing The duration of this shower extends from March 10 to April 21. A maximum of…
Observing The duration of this meteor shower extends from February 13 to April 8, with maximum…
Observing Observations of this shower indicate a duration of February 24 to March 27. Maximum is…
Ronald A. McIntosh (Auckland, New Zealand) discovered this meteor shower on March 10.1, 1929. He plotted…
Observing The duration of this stream extends from March 14-21. At maximum on March 18 (λ=358°),…
History Although visual observations of this shower seem virtually nonexistent, support for this stream appears in…
History Although visual radiants of this stream are a distinct rarity, it is interesting that its…
Observing The duration of this meteor shower extends from February 14 to April 25. Maximum occurs…
History Observations of the Eta Draconids seem confined to the 20th century. In Cuno Hoffmeister’s book,…
The discovery of this stream was made by Z. Sekanina during the 1961-1965 phase of the…
The complete history of this daylight stream is contained in the details accumulated during the two…
History The strongest evidence supporting this stream’s existence comes from the 1961-1965 session of the Radio…
Observing The activity of this stream persists from February 5 to March 19. The shower reaches…
Observing The duration of these meteor showers extends from February 2 to February 25. Maximum occurs…
Observing There has been some question as to the continued existence of this meteor radiant and…
Although C. Hoffmeister seems to have determined the first radiant for this shower on January 12,…
History The strongest evidence for this stream’s existence comes from the two sessions of the Radio…
Observing The duration of this shower extends from January 15 to 30. At maximum on January…
Observing The duration of this shower extends from December 28 to January 28, with the radiant…