Major Meteor Showers in 2025
A 2024 Perseid fireball over aurora and a smoky horizon (Early Draft) QUADRANTIDS Lyrids Eta Aquariids Southern Delta Aquariids Perseids Orionids Leonids GEMINIDS 2024 was a challenging year for meteor observing. The Moon diminished most of the major shower maxima, and weather prevented me from covering most of them in any case. My first observing session wasn't until July 31st, when I observed a normal mix of Southern Delta Aquariids, Alpha Capricornids, early Perseids, and sporadics. Perseid maximum on August 12th/13th featured smoky skies. I drove for a while and found a halfway decent spot. My best Perseid rate was 66 in one hour. The northern horizon featured an auroral display in the evening and morning twilight hours. I tried a couple of sessions during the Alpha Aurigids, to see if this shower might be more active than generally acknowledged. At least this year, that wasn't the case, with the shower producing about 3 meteors per hour on the mornings of August 31st and S...