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Date: Jul 30 00:34 2013

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Alpha-Capricornids meteor maxima at 05:00 UT, 29th July, 2013, in the in constellation Cassiopeia. __________________

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Date: Jul 29 05:44 2012

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Alpha-Capricornids meteor maxima on the 29th July, in the in constellation Cassiopeia. ZHR=2 Velocity=24.8 km/s Radiant: RA=20.4h/307° Dec=-8.2° (J2000) The stream is active from the 19 July to the 18th August. __________________

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Date: Jul 29 23:19 2009

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Alpha-Capricornids Meteor Shower ZHR=2.0 Velocity=24.8km/s (slow) The radiant is at Position (2000): RA=20.7h/307° Dec=-8.2° Solar longitude=127.0° The shower sometime produces brilliant fireballs. __________________

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Date: Jul 29 23:14 2006

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The Alpha Capricornids are active from a wide radiant located in western Aquarius, three degrees northeast of the fourth magnitude star Epsilon Aquarii. Current rates are about one per hour. They have a velocity of 23 km/sec. Active: Jul 3 —August 15; Maximum: July 30 (λ = 127°); ZHR = 4; Radiant: alpha = 307°, Dec = -10°; v = 23 km/s; r = 2.5; __________________

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