{"id":3937,"date":"2020-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/main_spa1\/meteor\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T12:25:38","slug":"meteor-outlook-for-september-and-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/meteor\/2020\/08\/10\/meteor-outlook-for-september-and-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Outlook for September and October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

September\u2019s showers are once again impacted by the Moon. The Aurigids peak on 31st<\/sup> August just before the Full Moon, and so will be best viewed before dawn when the radiant will be high in the East. A week later, on 10th<\/sup> September, the peak of the eta-Perseids which will be best viewed before moonrise at 23:00 when the radiant will again be high in the East. Both showers have rates of five or six per hour.<\/p>\n

In late September you may see a few Daytime Sextantids at dawn or dusk and radio observers should pick them up during the day. The radiant of this shower will be quite close to Venus in the pre-dawn sky.<\/p>\n

In October, the Draconids peak on the 8th<\/sup> with an hourly rate of about ten and are best observed in the evening before moonrise when the radiant will be high in the West. Conversely, the Orionids peak on 22nd with an hourly rate of five and are best observed after<\/em> midnight once the radiant has risen in the East.<\/p>\n

There are a few other weak showers: the Eta Geminids peak on 18th<\/sup> Oct, the Southern Taurids on 10th<\/sup> Oct, the Leonis Minorids on 24th<\/sup> Oct and the Northern Taurids, active from 20th<\/sup> Oct through into November. These showers have rates of under five.<\/p>\n

Remember if you do spot something interesting to send details to meteor@popastro.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September\u2019s showers are once again impacted by the Moon. The Aurigids peak on 31st August just before the Full Moon, and so will be best viewed before dawn when the radiant will be high in the East. A week later,Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meteor-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t