Daytime Sextantid meteor shower

The Daytime Sextantid meteor shower will be active from 9 September to 9 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 27 September.

Over this period, there will be a chance of seeing Daytime Sextantid meteors whenever the shower’s radiant point – in the constellation Sextans – is above the horizon, with the number of visible meteors increasing the higher the radiant point is in the sky.

In India, the shower will not be visible before around 04:10 each night, when its radiant point rises above our eastern horizon. It will then remain active until dawn breaks around 06:00. The radiant point is highest in the sky, after dawn – at around 10:00 IST – and so the shower is likely produce its best displays shortly before dawn, when its radiant point is highest.

At its peak, the shower is expected to produce a nominal rate (ZHR) of around 5 meteors per hour