Meteor Showers 2020

I'll try and update this thread - as the dates change (usually) only annually.

Dates are expected overnight peak in activity. The name for each "shower" is usually derived from the Constellation from which the showers radiate - although the meteors themselves can appear anywhere in the sky. Most of those listed below will be visible for a week-10 days either side of the peaks below. If the peak coincides with a bright moon, then the periods outside of the peak will represent the best opportunity to get pictures under darker skies.


Jan 3/4: Quadrantids - around 60 meteors per hour, possibly from the trail of the asteroid 2003 EH1 or perhaps from a comet
Apr 21/22: Lyrids - nearly 20 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet Thatcher
May 5/6: Eta Aquariids - 10-40 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 1P/Halley
Jul 29/30: Delta Aquariids - 20 meteors per hour, possibly from the trail of comet 96P/Machholz
Aug 12/13: Perseids - around 80 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Sep 9/10: Epsilon Perseids - around 80 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Oct 8/9: Draconids - only about 10 meteors per hour from the trail of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Oct 21/22: Orionids - with 25 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 1P/Halley
Nov 10/11: Taurids - 10 meteors per hour from the trails of Asteroid 2004 TG10 and Comet 2P/Encke
Nov 17/18: Leonids - due to peak on 17-18 November with 15 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle
Dec 14/15: Geminids - more than 100 meteors per hour from the trail of the asteroid 3200 Phaethon (an asteroid, that produces comet-like tail)
Dec 21/22: Ursids - under 10 meteors per hour from the trail of the comet 8P/Tuttle