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Damn. Damn. Damn. Forty-five minutes of thinking and typing about the damn "Moon Illusion" and the dern, damn, AWAD server told me that his page was not avaliable at this time and so I lost it. Forever. Damnation. Oh well ( I hate machines ) I hope this bit of information goes through.
Anyway this is APPENDIX B in the book Seeing in the DarkNotable Periodic Meteor Showers
Shower Duration Maximum Comments
Quadrantids Jan 1-6 Jan. 4 Variable,can be rich
Lyrids Apr 19-25 Apr. 21 Modest, varible
Eta Aquarids Apr 24-May 20 Rich in Sou Hemisphere
Delta Aquarids Jul 15-Aug 20 Jul 28 Has two peaks
Perseids Jul 25-Aug 20 Aug 12 Rich, reliable shower
N. Taurides Oct 12-Dec 12 Nov 4-7 Two overlap showers
S. Taurides Sept 17-27 Oct 30-Nov 7 Sparse, long lived
Orionids Oct 16-27 Oct 22? Unpredictable Max date
Leonids* Nov 15-20 Nov 17 Sometimes spectacular
Geminids Dec 7-16 Dec 13 Often rich
Ursids Dec 17- 25 Dec 22 Usually modest* Note: colorful spelling changed to please Faldage who
is, well, Faldage who can't find but one mispell.
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