Meteor Activity Outlook for November 1-7, 2025

As seen from the northern hemisphere, meteor charges proceed to be robust in November. While no main exercise is anticipated this month, the two Taurid radiants plus the Leonids maintain the skies lively. The addition of robust sporadic charges makes November one of many higher months to view meteor exercise from north of the equator. Skies are pretty quiet as seen from the southern hemisphere this month. Activity from the three showers talked about above could also be seen from south of the equator, however the sporadic charges are a lot decrease than these seen north of the equator.

During this era, the Moon reaches its full section on Wednesday, November fifth. On that date, the Moon might be positioned reverse the Sun and can lie above the horizon all evening lengthy. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set earlier than daybreak, permitting a small window of alternative to view meteor exercise beneath darkish skies.

The estimated complete hourly charges for night observers this weekend needs to be close to 3 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45°N) and a pair of as seen from tropical southern places (25°S). For morning observers, the estimated complete hourly charges needs to be close to 12 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45°N) and 6 as seen from tropical southern places (25°S). Rates are diminished resulting from lunar interference.

The precise charges noticed can even rely upon components comparable to private gentle and movement notion, native climate circumstances, alertness, and expertise in watching meteor exercise. Note that the hourly charges listed beneath are estimates primarily based on observations from dark-sky websites away from city gentle sources. Observers viewing from city areas will see much less exercise, as solely the brighter meteors might be seen from such places.

The radiant (the world of the sky from which meteors seem to originate) positions and charges listed beneath are precise for Saturday evening/Sunday morning, November 1/2. These positions don’t change tremendously from each day, so the listed coordinates could also be used all through this complete interval. Most star atlases (accessible on-line, in bookstores, and at planetariums) embody maps with celestial coordinate grids that may aid you find these positions within the sky.

I’ve additionally included charts of the sky that show the radiant positions for night, midnight, and morning. The heart of every chart represents the sky immediately overhead on the corresponding hour. These charts are oriented for dealing with south however can be utilized for any route by rotating them accordingly. A planisphere or planetarium app can also be helpful for exhibiting the sky at any time of evening on any date of the yr.

Activity from every radiant is finest seen when it’s positioned highest within the sky (fruits), both due north or south alongside the meridian, relying in your latitude. Radiants that rise after midnight won’t attain their highest level within the sky till daylight; subsequently, it’s best to view them throughout the previous few hours of the evening.

It have to be remembered that meteor exercise isn’t seen immediately on the radiant place. Rather, meteors shoot outward from the radiant, so it’s best to heart your subject of view in order that the radiant lies close to the sting fairly than the middle. Viewing on this method means that you can hint the trail of every meteor again to the radiant (if it belongs to a bathe) or in one other route whether it is sporadic. Meteor exercise isn’t seen from radiants positioned far beneath the horizon.

The positions beneath are listed in west-to-east order by proper ascension (celestial longitude). The positions listed first are positioned farther west and are subsequently accessible earlier within the evening, whereas these listed farther down the checklist rise later.

These sources of meteoric exercise are anticipated to be lively this week

Details of every supply will proceed subsequent week when viewing circumstances are extra favorable

The checklist beneath offers tabular data on the lively showers which might be inside attain of the visible observer to discern. Hourly charges are sometimes lower than one, so these sources are not often listed as visible targets in most meteor bathe catalogs. If you, like me, want to affiliate as many meteors as doable with recognized sources, you’ll admire these listings.

Before claiming to have noticed meteors from these Class IV showers, it’s best to decide whether or not they actually belong to them and usually are not probability alignments of sporadic meteors. Note parameters comparable to period, size, radiant distance, and elevation of every meteor to assist compute the chance of bathe affiliation.

It needs to be remembered that gradual meteors can seem in quick showers, however quick meteors can’t be produced by gradual showers. Slower showers are these with velocities lower than 35 km/sec. Slow meteors can seem from quick showers once they happen near the radiant or low within the sky.

The desk positioned on web page 22 of the IMO’s 2025 Meteor Shower Calendar is a useful instrument for figuring out meteors. If you file the size and period of every meteor, you should use this chart to test the chance of the meteor belonging to a bathe of recognized velocity. If the angular velocity matches the determine within the desk, your meteor most likely belongs to that bathe.

Recognizing meteors from obscure showers isn’t for starting meteor observers—it takes many hours of apply to develop an intuition for what you’re seeing. It is our hope that you’ll transfer past merely watching meteors as a celestial fireworks show and assist increase our data of those heavenly guests by classifying every meteor you observe.

Rates and positions within the desk are precise for Saturday evening/Sunday morning November 1/2.

You can maintain observe of the exercise of those meteor showers in addition to these past the boundaries of visible observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal. You can transfer the sky globe to see totally different areas of the sky. Colored dots point out bathe meteors whereas white dots point out sporadic (random) exercise. The giant orange disk signifies the place of the solar so little exercise might be seen in that space of the sky.

Class Explanation: A scale to group meteor showers by their depth:

• Class I: the strongest annual showers with Zenith Hourly Rates usually ten or higher.
• Class II: dependable minor showers with ZHR’s usually two to 10.
• Class III: showers that don’t present annual exercise. These showers are not often lively but have the potential to supply a significant show now and again.
• Class IV: weak minor showers with ZHR’s not often exceeding two. The research of those showers is finest left to skilled observers who use plotting and angular velocity estimates to find out bathe affiliation. These weak showers are additionally good targets for video and photographic work. Observers with much less expertise are urged to restrict their bathe associations to showers with a ranking of I to III.
  

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