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Can Puppid-Velids be seen in Romania?


Bucharest, capital of Romania.

We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.

Puppid-Velids(PUP) meteor shower will be active from Tuesday, December 1 2020 until Tuesday, December 15 2020. Its peak day is Monday, December 7 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 Puppid-Velids

Puppid-Velids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=123°, delta=-45°. The zenithal hourly rate is: 10 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 Puppid-Velids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Monday, December 7 2020, for the following cities in Romania.

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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.
Bucharest----187°------------------
Alba------------------------
Arad------------------------
Arges------------------------
Bacau------------------------
Bihor------------------------
Bistrita-Nasaud------------------------
Botosani------------------------
Braila------------------------
Brasov------------------------
Buzau------------------------
Calarasi----185°------------------
Caras-Severin------------------------
Cluj------------------------
Constanta----188°------------------
Covasna------------------------
Dambovita------------------------
Dolj----185°------------------
Galati------------------------
Giurgiu----186°------------------
Gorj------------------------
Harghita------------------------
Hunedoara------------------------
Ialomita------------------------
Iasi------------------------
Maramures------------------------
Mehedinti----184°------------------
Mures------------------------
Neamt------------------------
Olt----185°------------------
Prahova------------------------
Salaj------------------------
Satu Mare------------------------
Sibiu------------------------
Suceava------------------------
Teleorman----186°------------------
Timis------------------------
Tulcea------------------------
Valcea------------------------
Vaslui------------------------
Vrancea------------------------

The Sky and Stars in Romania

The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Bucharest, Romania 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.

Content last updated on 2016-01-06