AUGUST 2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 29 August 2026

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

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AUR · RADIANT

Aurigids RA 05h 56m · DEC +39.2 deg

A fast, short-lived shower entering the August view late in the month and reaching its calendar maximum on 1 September.

Active: 28 August 2026 - 5 September 2026
Maximum: 1 September 2026
Visual ZHR: 6
Speed: 66 km/s
Radiant: RA 05h 56m · DEC +39.2 deg
From SO8OO: Rise 18:57, transit 05:59, set 17:01 UTC
Parent body: C/1911 N1 (Kiess)

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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