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2026 SKY CONTEXT · UTC

Active meteor showers · 6 August 2026

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

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PER · RADIANT
Perseids RA 02h 34m · DEC +56.2 deg

A major fast shower with frequent bright meteors and persistent visual trains. Activity rises steeply before its broad 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 34m · DEC +56.2 deg
From SO8OO
Circumpolar; altitude 16-84 deg
Parent body
109P/Swift-Tuttle

A broad southern shower of 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 23h 03m · DEC -13.8 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 19:46, transit 00:38, set 05:29 UTC
Parent body
96P/Machholz complex

A slow, low-rate shower known for bright meteors and occasional fireballs. Its activity declines 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 56m · DEC -7.6 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 17:04, transit 22:27, set 03:50 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 40m · DEC -13.6 deg
From SO8OO
Rise 23:22, transit 04:14, set 09:06 UTC

A slow northern shower overlapping the Perseids. Its radiant remains high or circumpolar from the SO8OO latitude.

Active
3 August 2026 - 28 August 2026
Maximum
17 August 2026
Visual ZHR
3
Speed
23 km/s
Radiant
RA 18h 46m · DEC +45.8 deg
From SO8OO
Circumpolar; altitude 6-86 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.

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

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121 receive periods recorded on . The first 5 records are rendered below; the full list loads automatically.

  1. 1 decodes · best S/N -6 dB · CQ SP9WTA KN09 Open record
  2. 2 decodes · best S/N -3 dB · CQ SP9WTA KN09 Open record
  3. 1 decodes · best S/N -4 dB · CQ SP9WTA KN09 Open record
  4. 1 decodes · best S/N +3 dB · CQ SP9WTA KN09 Open record
  5. 1 decodes · best S/N -8 dB · R5WW OK2EA 73 Open record