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Alpha Capricornids:
Annual meteor shower seen from the earth in July and August. Meteor showers are displays in the sky created by meteors, or pieces of rock that enter the earth’s atmosphere from space.
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  • Alpha Capricornids

    Observing. The duration of this shower extends from July 15 to September 11. Maximum seems to occur during August 1 (λ=128.6°) from an average radiant of α=306.7°, δ=-8.3

  • alpha-Capricornids fact sheet - Astronomia.org

    Notes: Population index gives the magnitude distribution of the shower meteors: indexes below 2.5 correspond to distributions where bright meteors are more frequent than average ...

  • International Meteor Organization

    Indications for Enhanced alpha-Capricornid Rates in 1995? WGN, Journal of the IMO 23, 168-168 CAPRICORNIDS A O 1995 Trigo José M. (1991): The alpha-Capricornids and delta-Aquarids ...

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