Kappa cygnids
Meteor shower Kappa cygnids |
|
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activity | |
Beginning | 3rd August |
maximum | 17th August |
The End | August 25 |
Radian position | |
RA | 19 h 4 m |
DE | + 59 ° |
ZHR | 3 |
Population index | 3.0 |
geocentric speed |
25 km / s |
The meteor shower of the kappa cygnids is active during the period 3 to 25 August. During this period only a small number of kappa cygnids ( ZHR : 3 meteors per hour) can be observed. The radian shifts only slightly, so the radiant position is continuously about 5 degrees north of the star κ-Cygni.
The Kappa-Cygnids reached a maximum ZHR of 6 meteors per hour in the years 2000 and 2014. Furthermore, there was increased activity in 1950, 1993 and 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2020 , accessed April 16, 2020
- ↑ Jürgen Rendtel, Sirko Molau: Increased activity of a small meteor shower: The κ-Cygniden 2014 . In: Journal für Astronomie IV / 2015, pp. 74–77.