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Can α-Centaurids be seen in Spain?


Madrid, capital of Spain.

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 Spain.

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CityTime
00:0002:0004:0006:0008:0010:0012:0014:0016:0018:0020:0022:00
Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.Alt.Az.
Madrid------------------------
A Coruña------------------------
Álava------------------------
Albacete------------------------
Alacant------------------------
Almería------------------------
Asturias------------------------
Ávila------------------------
Badajoz------------------------
Barcelona------------------------
Burgos------------------------
Cáceres------------------------
Cádiz------------------------
Cantabria------------------------
Castellón------------------------
Ceuta------------------------
Ciudad Real------------------------
Córdoba------------------------
Cuenca------------------------
Girona------------------------
Granada------------------------
Guadalajara------------------------
Guipúzcoa------------------------
Huelva------------------------
Huesca------------------------
Illes Balears------------------------
Jaén------------------------
La Rioja------------------------
Las Palmas------181°----------------
León------------------------
Lleida------------------------
Lugo------------------------
Málaga------------------------
Melilla------------------------
Murcia------------------------
Navarra------------------------
Ourense------------------------
Palencia------------------------
Pontevedra------------------------
Salamanca------------------------
Santa Cruz de Tenerife------181°----------------
Segovia------------------------
Sevilla------------------------
Soria------------------------
Tarragona------------------------
Teruel------------------------
Toledo------------------------
València------------------------
Valladolid------------------------
Vizcaya------------------------
Zamora------------------------
Zaragoza------------------------

The Sky and Stars in Spain

The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Madrid, Spain 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