The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower (also spelled α-Centaurid) was likely first observed from Sydney, in February 1889. However, they weren’t recorded again until 1938, when they were observed from South West Africa. The meteors were only formally recognised in...
If you’re a stargazer out enjoying the 2026 Orionid Meteor Shower, you might expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids meteors are generated from Halley’s Comet, which last graced our night sky in 1986. In December 2024, the comet began its...
The Phoenicids meteors are a minor meteor shower and were first observed in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Indian Ocean in December 1956. The shower’s radiant point in the Phoenix constellation is high on the south west horizon, so it will be if...
The Quadrantid meteor shower is generated from an asteroid called 2003 EH1, which orbits the Sun every 5.5 years. The meteor shower is sometimes called the Bootids, since their radiant (the point in the sky that the meteors appear to be coming from) is in the modern...
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