Pegasids

{{About|a meteor shower in July|othter uses of the term "Pegasid"|Pegasid (disambiguation){{!}}Pegasid}}

{{Infobox meteor shower

| name = July Pegasids

| image = Pegasus constellation map.svg

| caption = Celestial map of Pegasus

| pronounce =

| date =

| parent = C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)

| constellation = Pegasus

| ra ={{Deg2HMS|348|sup=yes}}

| dec ={{DEC|+10|08|00}}

| month = July 4 to Aug 8

| peak = July 11

| velocity = 64.1

| zhr = 3

| notes =

}}

The meteor shower of the July Pegasids occurs between July 4 and Aug 8. It is a weak meteor shower that has its maximum around July 11 having a ZHR of only 3 meteors per hour. The meteors have, however, an atmosphere entry speed of about 64 km/s.

The Radiant of the Pegasids is in the constellation of Pegasus, around 5 degrees to the west of the star α Pegasi. The origin of this meteor shower is probably the comet C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Roje/pojedynczy_obiekt.php?kodstrumienia=00175 |title=Meteor Data Center |access-date=2014-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821045807/http://www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Roje/pojedynczy_obiekt.php?kodstrumienia=00175 |archive-date=2017-08-21 |url-status=live }} C/1979 Y1 has an orbital period of 308 years,{{Cite web|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1979Y1|title = Small-Body Database Lookup: C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)}} and should return around 2287.

For Central Europe, the best time to watch them is the second half of the night, as the radiant reaches at that time a sufficient height over the horizon.