Updated February 14, 2004

Throughout the year the Earth passes through a number of meteor showers or streams. Many of these are visible optically, but only during night time hours. The showers have:

Meteor showers pass into the Earth's atmosphere at all times of day, including daylight hours.

The Perseid meteor shower in August and the Leonid shower in November are famous because they are spectacular to look at. But meteor showers can also be viewed using reflected radio signals. In other words, there are radio meteor showers as well.

Follow the links from this page to view information about both the optical and radio characteristics of various Meteor Showers throughout the year. Here are the radio showers of note to amateur radio astronomers: