Comet Shower

Although the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky if you trace their paths the meteors in each shower appear to rain into the sky from the same region.

Comet shower. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. Some comets are no longer active and are now called asteroids. Best time to view most major showers.

It will next be visible from earth in 2061. Made of tiny space debris from the comet swift tuttle the perseids are named after the constellation perseus. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location.

The perseid meteor shower and the geminid meteor shower. What is the meteor shower. The orionid meteor shower is the second meteor shower created by comet halley.

These meteoroids are sand and pebble sized bits of rock that were once released from their parent comet. As a comet orbits the sun it sheds an icy dusty debris stream along its orbit. Click and drag to explore other parts of the sky.

This is the one major shower that provides good activity prior to midnight as the constellation of gemini is well placed from 22 00 onward. The eta aquarids in may is the other meteor shower created by debris left by comet halley. The geminids are often bright and intensely colored.

Happening from july 12 through august 23 the delta aquariids meteor shower peaks in the. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location. Most meteor showers are spawned by comets.