Sigma hydrides

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Meteor shower
Sigma hydrids
activity
Beginning 3rd of December
maximum 9th of December
The End 20th of December
Radian position
RA 820008 h 20 m
DE + 2 °
ZHR 7th
Population index 3.0
geocentric
speed
58 km / s

The Sigma hydrids are a meteor shower that can be observed from December 3rd to 20th. Up to its maximum activity on December 9th, it only achieved a low activity of 7 meteors per hour.

The radian of the sigma hydrides is about 10 degrees east of the star Prokyon . Because of the proximity of the radian to the celestial equator, the sigma hydrides can be observed worldwide.

Individual evidence

  1. IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2019 , accessed June 19, 2019