July Phoenicids

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Meteor
shower July Phoenicids
Radians of the meteor shower
activity
Beginning 10th of July
maximum July 13th
The End 16th of July
Radian position
RA 208002 h 8 m
DE −48 °
ZHR variable
Population index 3.0
geocentric
speed
47 km / s

A meteor shower visible from the southern hemisphere are the July Phoenicids . In the activity period from July 10th to July 16th, the radiant is in the border area of ​​the constellations Phoenix and Eridanus .

This meteor shower has a variable ZHR at its activity maximum , with an activity between 3 and 10 meteors per hour being observed so far .

Individual evidence

  1. IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2006