Alpha Centaurids
{{Short description|Meteor shower}}
{{Infobox meteor shower
| name = Alpha Centaurids
| image = Centaurus constellation map.svg
| caption = Celestial map of Centaurus
| pronounce =
| date = 1969
| parent = Unknown
| constellation = Centaurus
| ra = {{RA|14|00|00}}
| dec = {{DEC|-10|00|00}}
| month = January 28 to February 21
| peak = February 8
| velocity = 58 km/s
| notes =
}}
The Alpha Centaurids are a meteor shower in the constellation Centaurus, peaking in early February each year. The average magnitude is around 2.5, with a peak of about three meteors an hour.
They have been observed since 1969, with a single possible recorded observation in 1938.
References
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| title=Meteors and how to Observe Them
| first=Robert | last=Lunsford | year=2009
| page=74 | publisher=Springer | isbn=978-0-387-09460-1
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iu9XakR51EsC&pg=PA74 }}
| title=Meteor Showers, An Annotated Catalog
| first=Gary W. | last=Kronk | date=October 10, 2013
| page=50 | isbn=9781461478973 | publisher=Springer New York
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t026BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 }}
| url=http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/alpha-beta_centaurids.html
| website=Meteor Showers Online
| title=The Alpha and Beta Centaurids
| first=Gary W. | last=Kronk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130152917/http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/alpha-beta_centaurids.html
| archive-date=2007-11-30
}}
}}
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