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The following list of major meteor showers indicates the number of meteors that can be be seen per hour under good conditions at the peak of the shower. the duration is the number of days during which the number of meteors per hour is at least one-quarter of the peak number.

NAME	PEAK DATE	HOURLY RATE	DURATION (DAYS)
Quadrantids	January 4	40	2.2
Lyrids	April 21	15	4
Eta Aquarids	May 4	20	6
Delta Aquarids	July 28	20	14
Perseids	August 12	50	4.6
Orionids	October 21	25	4
South Taurids	November 3	15	unknown
Leonids	November 16	15	unknown
Geminids	December 13	50	5.2
Ursids	December 22	15	4

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April 6th 2000 Planetary Conjunction. Visible objects: Crescent Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.
By Robert Winfree (Pentax ZX-7, 28mm f/3.5, Exposure Time Set By Camera, Kodak 200 Gold Film)

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