Meteor Showers

Meteor Shower Visibility

The parameter Meteor Shower Visibility gives the possibility of seeing a specific meteor shower at a certain location and point in time. This index depends on the active days of the shower, its peak date, moon light, cloud cover, land use, declination and maximal elevation.

meteor_showers_<name>_visibility:idx

Name of the meteor shower: geminids, perseids, quadrantids, eta_aquariids

Example: