Posts from ‘July, 2009’

The South. δ-Aquarids Meteor Shower can produce up to 20 meteors per hour on its peak date of July 28, 2009.  This means that you should be out before dawn on Tuesday morning.  There are a lot of people who believe that meteor showers are night time events and their thinking is not all [...]

Meteor shower activity in July is minimal until the end of the month where there are three minor meteor showers taking place.

July Meteor Shower Schedule

Shower Name
Start Date
Max Date
End Date

Piscis Austrinids
July 15
July 28
August 10

South. δ-Aquariids
July 12
July 28
August 19

α-Capricornids
July 3
July 30
August 15

Perseids
July 17
August 12
August 24

A minor annual shower is one that produces a peak ZHR greater than 1 [...]