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AUGUST 2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 3 August 2026

5 named visual showers are active on this date. Radiants are positioned from the IMO 2026 calendar.

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PER · RADIANT
Perseids RA 02h 17m · DEC +55.3 deg

The strongest named shower in this August view. Its fast meteors often produce bright events and persistent visual trains, with activity rising sharply before maximum.

Active
17 July 2026 - 24 August 2026
Maximum
13 August 2026, 02:00-04:00 UTC
Visual ZHR
100
Speed
59 km/s
Radiant
RA 02h 17m · DEC +55.3 deg
From SO8OO
Circumpolar; altitude 15-85 deg
Parent body
109P/Swift-Tuttle

A broad southern shower with medium-fast, generally faint meteors. From SO8OO its radiant culminates low in the southern sky.

Active
12 July 2026 - 23 August 2026
Maximum
31 July 2026
Visual ZHR
25
Speed
41 km/s
Radiant
RA 22h 53m · DEC -14.7 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 19:53, transit 00:40, set 05:26 UTC
Parent body
96P/Machholz complex

A slow, low-rate shower noted for bright meteors and occasional fireballs. Its activity is declining through the first half of August.

Active
3 July 2026 - 15 August 2026
Maximum
31 July 2026
Visual ZHR
5
Speed
23 km/s
Radiant
RA 20h 44m · DEC -8.7 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 17:10, transit 22:27, set 03:44 UTC
Parent body
169P/NEAT

A fast, low-rate shower with a southern radiant. Its broad activity overlaps the early rise of the Perseids.

Active
31 July 2026 - 19 August 2026
Maximum
7 August 2026
Visual ZHR
3
Speed
64 km/s
Radiant
RA 02h 30m · DEC -14.8 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 23:29, transit 04:15, set 09:01 UTC

A slow northern shower overlapping the Perseids. Its radiant remains above the local horizon throughout the day during this interval.

Active
3 August 2026 - 28 August 2026
Maximum
17 August 2026
Visual ZHR
3
Speed
23 km/s
Radiant
RA 18h 44m · DEC +45.0 deg
From SO8OO
Circumpolar; altitude 5-85 deg

Shower calendars and radiant positions provide astronomical context only. They do not identify the cause of an individual radio record. Visual ZHR is not a radio echo rate. Read the identification and limitations note .

Radiant positions are interpolated from the IMO 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar. The broad Antihelion Source is not treated as a single named shower in this selector.

Receiver activity, not visual ZHR. Rates use measured observing time.

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