Meteor Shower Dates

Please note that this does not guarantee visibility.
Meteor shower dates. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. The perseid meteor shower and the geminid meteor shower. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate or originate from one point in the night sky called radiant these meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering earth s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories.
2020 meteor showers calendar. For instance the radiant for the leonid meteor shower is in the constellation leo. Note that the meteor shower dates do not change much from year to year though the peak of a shower may vary by a day or two.
Meteor showers are named for the constellation that coincides with this region in the sky a spot known as the radiant. List of meteor showers. 2020 cosmic calendar astronomical events and highlights of 2020 and 2021 including supermoons solar and lunar eclipses meteor showers solstices and equinoxes.
Meteor shower calendar 2020 2021. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location. Local times and best dates to view shooting stars from annual meteor showers.
The perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation perseus. Find viewing tips for the two biggies here. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year.
Peak night dates are based on local time for new york.