Table of meteor showers for 2009
Meteor showers can be a bit hit or miss and sometimes a regular shower can be fantastic and other years it can be quite slow. There are actually quite a few more legitimate showers than I have but for the most part they are irregular and slow. These are the yearly best and I have highlighted the absolute best ones for easy recognition.
| Name | Duration | Peak | Hourly rate | Strength |
| Quadrantids | Jan 1 - Jan 5 | Jan 3 | 120 | Strong |
| Delta Cancrids | Jan 1 - Jan 31 | Jan 17 | 4 | Medium |
| Alpha Centaurids | Jan 28 - Feb 21 | Feb 7 | 6 | Medium |
| February Leonids | Feb 1 - Feb 28 | several | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Leonids | Feb 15 - Mar 10 | Feb 24 | 2 | Medium |
| Gamma Normids | Feb 25 - Mar 22 | Mar 13 | 8 | Medium |
| Virginids | Mar 1 - Apr 15 | several | 5 | Medium |
| Librids | Apr 15 - Apr 30 | several | 5 | Medium |
| Lyrids | Apr 15 - Apr 28 | Apr 22 | 15 | Strong |
| Eta Aquarids | Apr 19 - May 28 | May 6 | 60 | Strong |
| Alpha Scorpiids | May 1 - May 31 | May 16 | 5 | Medium |
| Arietids | May 22 - Jul 2 | Jun 7 | 54 | Strong |
| Sagittarids | Jun 1 - Jul 15 | Jun 19 | 5 | Medium |
| July Pegasids | Jul 7 - Jul 13 | Jul 10 | 3 | Medium |
| Piscis Austrinids | Jul 15 - Aug 10 | Jul 28 | 5 | Medium |
| South Delta Aquarids | Jul 12 - Aug 19 | Jul 28 | 20 | Strong |
| Alpha Capricornids | Jul 3 - Aug 15 | Jul 30 | 4 | Medium |
| South Iota Aquarids | Jul 25 - Aug 15 | Aug 4 | 2 | Medium |
| North Delta Aquarids | Jul 15 - Aug 25 | Aug 8 | 4 | Medium |
| Perseids | Jul 17 - Aug 24 | Aug 12 | 90 | Strong |
| Kappa Cygnids | Aug 3 - Aug 25 | Aug 17 | 3 | Medium |
| North Iota Aquarids | Aug 11 - Aug 31 | Aug 20 | 3 | Medium |
| Alpha Aurigids | Aug 25 - Sep 8 | Sep 1 | 7 | Medium |
| September Perseids | Sep 5 - Oct 10 | Sep 8 | 6 | Medium |
| Piscids | Sep 1 - Sep 30 | Sep 20 | 3 | Medium |
| October Arietids | Oct 1 - Oct 31 | Oct 8 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Aurigids | Sep 22 - Oct 23 | Oct 10 | 6 | Medium |
| Epsilon Geminids | Oct 14 - Oct 27 | Oct 18 | 2 | Medium |
| Orionids | Oct 2 - Nov 7 | Oct 21 | 20 | Strong |
| Southern Taurids | Nov 1 - Nov 25 | Nov 5 | 5 | Medium |
| Northern Taurids | Nov 1 - Nov 25 | Nov 12 | 5 | Medium |
| Chi Orionids | Nov 25 - Dec 31 | Dec 2 | 3 | Medium |
| Monocerotids | Nov 27 - Dec 17 | Dec 9 | 3 | Medium |
| Sigma Hydrids | Dec 3 - Dec 15 | Dec 12 | 2 | Medium |
| Puppid-velids | Dec 2 - Dec 16 | Dec 12 | 4 | Medium |
| Geminids | Dec 7 - Dec 17 | Dec 14 | 120 | Strong |
| Coma Berenicids | Dec 12 - Jan 23 | Dec 20 | 5 | Medium |
| Ursids | Dec 17 - Dec 26 | Dec 22 | 10 | Strong |
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