There is a difference between a major meteor shower and a minor meteor shower. Minor meteor showers are events that produce little observable activity, usually less than ten meteors per hour, however they do occur at similar times during the year. It is also quite often that a Greek letter is used at the start [...]
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Meteor Shower The γ-Normids Peaks March 13th
The Gamma Normids Meteor Shower (γ-Normids GNO) peaks in the morning of March 13th. This shower will produce minimal results because the Moon will be in the waning gibbous phase meaning almost 95% of a full moon will be present in the sky. The Moon and man-made light in the sky usually degrade from the [...]
γ-Normids – Next Meteor Shower of March 2009
The γ-Normids is a minor meteor shower that will be peaking on March 13, 2009. It is the only shower of March and concludes the usual very slow 1st Quarter for meteor shower viewing. There is very little known about this shower and their radiant is non-distinct. On a totally clear and moonless night, viewers [...]
Next Meteor Shower – α-Centaurids
The next meteor shower, the α-Centaurids, has started. The α-Centaurids is a minor meteor shower. The expected peak is on February 7th. This shower doesn’t usually produce spectacular results. Viewers can expect up to five visible meteors on the peak date. The α-Centaurids Meteor Shower will remain active until February February 21st. Two more minor [...]
