Virginids [SEP] constellation
Virginids
The Virginids are a meteor shower. There are many major and minor meteor shower streams that occur during the Virginid Complex, including the Alpha Virginids, Gamma Virginids, Eta Virginids, Theta Virginids, Iota Virginids, Lambda Virginids, Mu Virginids, Pi Virginids, and Psi Virginids, and March Virginids, emanating mostly from the constellation Virgo between February and May. Collectively, the shower normally lasts from late January to mid-April and into early May, peaking in March and April, with one to two meteors per hour
April 25. Its radiant is near Libra, peaking with seven to ten meteors per hour.
Pi Virginids.
The Pi Virginids occur between February 13 and April 8, peaking between March 3 and March 9, with two to five meteors per hour. The shower was first observed in 1908 and identified in 1948.
Psi Virginids.
The Psi Virginids are a minor daytime meteor shower stream.
March Virginids.
The March Virginids are a minor meteor shower stream; the source of the Northern March Virginids