Zenithal hourly rate

All-sky view of the 1998 Leonids shower. 156 meteors were captured in this 4-hour image.

In astronomy, the zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of a meteor shower is the number of meteors a single observer would see in an hour of peak activity if the radiant was at the zenith, assuming the seeing conditions are perfect[1] (when and where stars with apparent magnitudes up to 6.5 are visible to the naked eye[2]). The rate that can effectively be seen is nearly always lower and decreases the closer the radiant is to the horizon.

  1. ^ Cooke, Bill (19 Nov 2019). "About the Upcoming (maybe) Alpha Monocerotid Meteor Shower Outburst". NASA Blogs.
  2. ^ Beech, Martin (2006). Meteors and Meteorites: Origins and Observations. United Kingdom: Crowood Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 9781861268259.

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