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Meteor Trail
Meteor Showers
Shower Normal
Limits		 Maximum ZHR R.A.
h  m		 Dec
º
Notes
Quadrantids
January 1 - 5
January 4
 80
15  28
+50
Medium speed. Blue.  Many faint meteors.
Corona Australids
March 14 - 18
March 16
16  20
-48
  
Lyrids (April)
April 19 - 24
April 21
 12
18  08
+32
Fast Moving.
h - Aquarids
May 1 - 8
May 5
22  24
0
Very fast.  Persistent trains.
Lyrids (June)
June 10 - 21
June 15
18  32
+35
Blue
Ophiuchids
June 17 - 26
June 20
17  20
-20
  
Capricornids
July 10 - August 15
July 25
21  00
-15
Yellow.  Very slow.
d - Aquarids
July 15 - August 15
July 28
22  36
22  36
-17
0
Slow.  Long paths.
Piscis Australids
July 15 - August 20
July 30
22  40
-30
  
a - Capricornids
July 15 - August 25
August 1
20  36
-10
Yellow.
i - Aquarids
July 15 - August 25
August 6
22  32
22  04
-15
-6
  
Perseids
July 25 - August 18
August 12
 75
03  04
+58
Very fast.  Fragmenting.
k - Cygnids
August 18 - 22
August 20
19  20
+55
Bright.  Exploding
Orionids
October 16 - 27
October 21
06  24
+15
Very fast.  Persistent trains.
Taurids
October 10 - December 3
November 1
03  28
03  36
+14
+21
Slow.  Brilliant.
Leonids
November 15 - 19
November 17
10  08
+22
Very fast.  Persistent trains.
Phoenicids
December 4
December 4
01  00
-55
  
Geminids
December 7 - 15
December 14
07  28
+32
White.
Ursids
December 17 - 24
December 22
 14  28 +78 .
Explanations:

ZHR is the "Zenithal Hourly Rate", or the number of meteors you might expect to see each hour at the Zenith (overhead).  The number reduces towards the horizon.  

R.A. and Dec. are short for "Right Ascension" and "Declination", which are the equivalent to Longitude and Latitude on a map of the Earth

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