Can σ-Hydrids be seen in Russia?
Moscow, capital of Russia.
We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.
σ-Hydrids(HYD) meteor shower will be active from Thursday, December 3 2020 until Sunday, December 20 2020. Its peak day is Wednesday, December 9 2020, according to information published by the International Meteor Organization. For more information, check out the meteor shower calendar 2020.
Position of σ-Hydrids
σ-Hydrids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=127°, delta=+02°. The zenithal hourly rate is: 7 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 σ-Hydrids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Wednesday, December 9 2020, for the following cities in Russia.
| City | Time | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 00:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | |||||||||||||
| Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | |
| Moscow | 20° | 118° | 32° | 148° | 36° | 184° | 30° | 220° | 16° | 249° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4° | 92° |
| Adygeya | 25° | 114° | 41° | 145° | 47° | 187° | 37° | 225° | 19° | 253° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5° | 92° |
| Kaliningrad Oblast | 19° | 115° | 32° | 145° | 37° | 182° | 32° | 218° | 18° | 247° | 1° | 272° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3° | 91° |
| Volgograd | 27° | 121° | 40° | 153° | 43° | 194° | 32° | 230° | 14° | 256° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9° | 97° |
| Samara | 20° | 114° | 33° | 144° | 39° | 181° | 33° | 218° | 18° | 247° | 1° | 272° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3° | 90° |
| Yekaterinburg | 16° | 111° | 29° | 140° | 35° | 175° | 31° | 211° | 19° | 242° | 4° | 268° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Omsk | 15° | 109° | 29° | 138° | 37° | 173° | 33° | 209° | 21° | 240° | 5° | 266° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Novosibirsk | 12° | 104° | 27° | 132° | 36° | 166° | 35° | 203° | 24° | 235° | 8° | 262° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Novokuznetsk | 15° | 107° | 30° | 136° | 38° | 171° | 35° | 208° | 23° | 240° | 6° | 266° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Krasnoyarsk | 17° | 113° | 30° | 142° | 36° | 178° | 31° | 214° | 19° | 244° | 2° | 270° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1° | 88° |
| Irkutsk | 16° | 109° | 32° | 137° | 40° | 173° | 36° | 211° | 22° | 242° | 4° | 267° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakutsk | 17° | 121° | 27° | 152° | 30° | 186° | 24° | 219° | 13° | 249° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4° | 94° |
| Vladivostok | 17° | 104° | 37° | 130° | 48° | 168° | 44° | 212° | 28° | 244° | 7° | 266° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamchatka | 13° | 104° | 29° | 132° | 38° | 166° | 37° | 204° | 25° | 236° | 8° | 263° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anadyr | 17° | 124° | 25° | 155° | 27° | 189° | 22° | 221° | 11° | 251° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5° | 97° |
The Sky and Stars in Russia
The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Moscow, Russia during its peak day starting at 00:00.
You may adjust the speed of the simulator backward or forward to see the movement of the radiant over the horizon.
| Moscow | Adygeya | Kaliningrad Oblast | Volgograd | Samara | Yekaterinburg | Omsk | Novosibirsk | Novokuznetsk | Krasnoyarsk | Irkutsk | Yakutsk | Vladivostok | Kamchatka | Anadyr |