2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 16 September 2026

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

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September Epsilon Perseids RA 03h 37m · DEC +40.2 deg

A fast September shower with a compact activity period and a northern radiant in the Perseus region.

Active: 5 September 2026 - 21 September 2026
Maximum: 9 September 2026
Visual ZHR: 8
Speed: 64 km/s
Radiant: RA 03h 37m · DEC +40.2 deg
From SO8OO: Circumpolar; altitude 0-80 deg

A weak, fast northern source whose radiant drifts from Lynx toward the Perseus-Auriga region.

Active: 10 September 2026 - 8 October 2026
Maximum: 13 September 2026
Visual ZHR: 3
Speed: 60 km/s
Radiant: RA 07h 44m · DEC +52.6 deg
From SO8OO: Circumpolar; altitude 13-87 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, when shown, is a diffuse radiant region and not a true meteor shower.

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41 radio echoes recorded on 16 September 2026 UTC . The first 5 records are rendered below; the full list loads automatically.

16:26:41 UTC 0.06 s · peak S/N +23.9 dB Open record
15:49:32 UTC 0.10 s · peak S/N +20.1 dB Open record
15:19:07 UTC 10.80 s · peak S/N +45.0 dB Open record
15:17:34 UTC 0.50 s · peak S/N +28.4 dB Open record
13:13:18 UTC 0.15 s · peak S/N +26.8 dB Open record