Meteor Calendar

Cape Town 2019

 
 

Daytime showers for Cape Town (Dates for 2021 unless shown, other years +/- a day FOR ACTIVE SHOWERS)
Times are local+ time 2021  Rate Rise  Set Max.El (6m Es occurs in ZS about once every 4 years)
282.74  ???              3 Jan 2010 at 11:00       3 Jan 2010: 6m Es 12:07 ZS6, moon 90% (AGX log - old info*)
304.31  ???          24 Jan                       24 Jan 2021: 6m Es 11:03 ZS6, moon 80%
DCS Capricornids      1 Feb  Med 05:18 18:37 70    1 Feb 2021: 6m Es 12:00 ZS6 (and 18:30 weaker,QSB), moon 83%
DXC Capricornids     13 Feb  Low 05:07 19:21 79
324.15 Cap-Sag          13 Feb 2007 at 10:50 61   13 Feb 2007: 6m Es 10:50 V51, moon 21% (AGX log - old info*)

261.07 kappa Librids    13 Dec 2006 at 09:45 72   13 Dec 2006: 6m Es 09:45 ZS5, moon 43% (AGX log - old info*)

The above is list of 6m beacons that I have heard on my own receiver, at a distance of 1200km or more, at a
constant S7 or more, as a CONTINUOUS signal for 10 minutes or more (except for the set time on 1 Feb 2021).
I have never heard pings from any of these beacons since they are either QRP or beam north or are too far way.
Notice Cape Town has latitude 34S and consider the angles in the 'Max. El' column shown above.

+Cape Town is at longitude 18, but ZS time is for longitude 30. Exact local time is offset from UTC time
by 1 hour for each 15 degrees of longitude. Shower rise/set occurs at exactly the same local time for all
places sharing the same latitude; the daytime shower radiant typically transits at 10am local time.
Maximum elevations are also the same for places of same latitude.