AUGUST 2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 26 August 2026

One named visual shower is active on this date. Radiants are positioned from the IMO 2026 calendar.

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KCG · RADIANT

Kappa Cygnids RA 19h 26m · DEC +59.6 deg

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 19h 26m · DEC +59.6 deg
From SO8OO: Circumpolar; altitude 20-80 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.

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