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Bookmark or Share- Meteor Showers 2024 - 2025 - American Meteor SocietyThe Alpha Capricornids are active from July 12 through August 12 with a "plateau-like" maximum centered on July 30th. This shower is not very strong and rarely produces in excess of 5 shower members per hour.
- Watch for fireballs from two meteor showers in the coming daysTwo meteor showers, the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, are both expected to peak during the evenings of July 30 and 31. They will have to compete with a bright moon that’s 95% full, but...
- Two Meteor Showers Peak This Week. Here’s How and When to Watch. - The ...They are the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids. And if those weren’t enough, a third event, the Perseids, is running in the background as it prepares for its mid-August...
- The Alpha Capricornid Meteor Shower | Spaceweather.comAlpha Capricornid meteors are debris from Comet 169P/NEAT. They appear every year in late July, peaking around the July-August boundary with 5 to 9 meteors per hour. Many “alpha Caps” are slow, bright fireballs.
- Two meteor showers are set to peak this week. Here’s how to see themOn Monday night, sky-gazers can see up to 20 meteors an hour from the Southern Delta Aquariids, and the Alpha Capricornids might also dazzle with bright fireballs.
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