Radio Meteors from the Northern Hemisphere

Image credit: Fred Bruenjes

Southern Hemisphere Showers

The Perseids are the most well-known meteor shower in the Northern Hemisphere, but they are not directly visible in most of the Southern Hemisphere because the radiant is too far North in the sky. There are plenty of meteor showers that are visible however, so what can we see from here in Perth?

Source: http://www.imo.net/calendar/2008/
Name	Dates	Peak	ZHR (average)	Location
Lyrids	16^th - 25^th April	April 22^nd	20	271^o +34^o
η-Aquariids	19^st April - 28^th May	May 5^th	70+	338^o -01^o
S. δ- Aquariids	12^th July - 19^th Aug	July 27^th	20	339^o -16^o
Orionids	2 Oct - 7 Nov	Oct 21^st	30	95^o +16^o
Leonids	10 - 23 Nov	Nov 17^th	20+	153^o +22^o
Geminids	7 - 17 Dec	Dec 13^th	120	112^o +33^o

The table lists some of the main meteor showers visible from Australia. The date of the peak of the shower will vary slightly from year to year, as will the ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate), the predicted number of meteors you would expect to see at the peak under good conditions. The location column describes the position on the sky where the radiant will appear to be so, for the Orionids, the coordinates 95^o, +16^o are in the constellation of Orion.

Next: Back to Meteors