Monocerotids

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Meteor
shower monocerotides
activity
Beginning December 5th
maximum 9th of December
The End 20th of December
Radian position
RA 640006 h 40 m
DE + 8 °
ZHR 3
Population index 3.0
geocentric
speed
41 km / s

The monocerotids are a meteor shower with a low ZHR of 2 meteors per hour. Comet P / Mellish is listed as the mother comet of this current .

At the beginning of activity on November 27th, the radiant is in the constellation Orion , just east of the star Beteigeuze . The radian then shifts approx. 1 degree east per day. On the day of the maximum, the radiant is in the northern area of ​​the constellation Monoceros .

Individual evidence

  1. IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2020 , accessed April 16, 2020