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Unfortunately, this astronomical event will not be seen in Turkey.

Can Phoenicids be seen in Turkey?


Istanbul, capital of Turkey.

We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.

Phoenicids(PHO) meteor shower will be active from Saturday, November 28 2020 until Wednesday, December 9 2020. Its peak day is Wednesday, December 2 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 Phoenicids

Phoenicids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=18°, delta=-53°.

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 Phoenicids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Wednesday, December 2 2020, for the following cities in Turkey.

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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.
Istanbul------------------------
Adana------------------------
Afion------------------------
Amasya------------------------
Ankara------------------------
Antalya------------------------
Artvin------------------------
Aydin------------------------
Balikesir------------------------
Bartin------------------------
Bayburt------------------------
Bilecik------------------------
Bursa------------------------
Corum------------------------
Denizli------------------------
Edirne------------------------
Elazig------------------------
Erzincan------------------------
Erzurum------------------------
Eskisehir------------------------
Gaziantep------------------------
Icel------------------------
Isparta------------------------
Izmir------------------------
Karabuk------------------------
Kars------------------------
Kayseri------------------------
Kirklareli------------------------
Kocaeli------------------------
Konya------------------------
Kutahya------------------------
Malatya------------------------
Manisa------------------------
Sakarya------------------------
Samsun------------------------
Sivas------------------------
Trabzon------------------------
Content last updated on 2016-01-06