Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower 2012
Peak · Bright moonlight: expect only the brightest meteors.
Peak activity (showing UTC)
- Active
- to
- Rate
- up to 5/hour
- Moon at peak
- 85% · Waxing Gibbous
- Parent body
- 169P/NEAT
Choose a location to see how high the radiant climbs from your city.
Watching the Alpha Capricornids in 2012
The shower is active for weeks, but rates climb sharply in the day or two around the peak. Watch on the night of and the nights on either side, ideally from late evening to the early hours, when the radiant is highest. Bright moonlight: expect only the brightest meteors. Get away from streetlights, lie back, and let your eyes adapt for twenty minutes; no telescope or binoculars needed, since meteors streak across a wide patch of sky.