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Unfortunately, this astronomical event will not be seen in France.

Can α-Centaurids be seen in France?


Paris, capital of France.

We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.

α-Centaurids(ACE) meteor shower will be active from Friday, January 31 2020 until Thursday, February 20 2020. Its peak day is Saturday, February 8 2020, according to information published by the International Meteor Organization. For more information, check out the meteor shower calendar 2020.

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Position of α-Centaurids

α-Centaurids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=210°, delta=-59°. The zenithal hourly rate is: 6 meteors per hour.

The visibility of a meteor shower depends on several factors: geographic coordinates of observer and elevation, time of the day, city lights pollution, the weather and the terrain. For reference, we have calculated the position (elevation / azimuth) of α-Centaurids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Saturday, February 8 2020, for the following cities in France.

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CityTime
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Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.
Paris------------------------
Ain------------------------
Aisne------------------------
Allier------------------------
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence------------------------
Alpes-Maritimes------------------------
Ardèche------------------------
Ardennes------------------------
Ariège------------------------
Aube------------------------
Aude------------------------
Aveyron------------------------
Bas Rhin------------------------
Bouches-du-Rhône------------------------
Calvados------------------------
Cantal------------------------
Charente------------------------
Charente Maritime------------------------
Cher------------------------
Corrèze------------------------
Corse------------------------
Côte d'Or------------------------
Côtes d'Armor------------------------
Creuse------------------------
Deux-Sèvres------------------------
Dordogne------------------------
Doubs------------------------
Drôme------------------------
Essonne------------------------
Eure------------------------
Eure-et-Loir------------------------
Finistère------------------------
Gard------------------------
Gers------------------------
Gironde------------------------
Haut Rhin------------------------
Haute-Garonne------------------------
Haute-Loire------------------------
Haute-Marne------------------------
Haute-Saône------------------------
Haute-Savoie------------------------
Haute-Vienne------------------------
Hautes-Alpes------------------------
Hautes-Pyrénées------------------------
Hauts-de-Seine------------------------
Hérault------------------------
Ille et Vilaine------------------------
Indre------------------------
Indre-et-Loire------------------------
Isère------------------------
Jura------------------------
Landes------------------------
Loir-et-Cher------------------------
Loire------------------------
Loire Atlantique------------------------
Loiret------------------------
Lot------------------------
Lot-et-Garonne------------------------
Lozère------------------------
Maine et Loire------------------------
Manche------------------------
Marne------------------------
Mayenne------------------------
Meurthe-et-Moselle------------------------
Meuse------------------------
Morbihan------------------------
Moselle------------------------
Nièvre------------------------
Nord------------------------
Oise------------------------
Orne------------------------
Pas-de-Calais------------------------
Puy-de-Dôme------------------------
Pyrénées-Atlantiques------------------------
Pyrénées-Orientales------------------------
Rhône------------------------
Saône et Loire------------------------
Sarthe------------------------
Savoie------------------------
Seine-et-Marne------------------------
Seine-Maritime------------------------
Seine-Saint-Denis------------------------
Somme------------------------
Tarn------------------------
Tarn-et-Garonne------------------------
Territoire de Belfort------------------------
Val-d'Oise------------------------
Val-de-Marne------------------------
Var------------------------
Vaucluse------------------------
Vendée------------------------
Vienne------------------------
Vosges------------------------
Yonne------------------------
Yvelines------------------------
Content last updated on 2016-01-06