Taurids

The Taurid meteor stream are an ecliptic, which is divided into two separate swarms of shooting stars - the Northern Taurid and the South Taurid. The two streams are active between September and December. During this period, move the two radians, which have a mutual distance of about 5 degrees, into the constellation Pisces on the constellation Aries into the constellation Taurus. Both streams have a ZHR of 5 meteors / h In the first half of November bright fireballs have been increasingly observed. The Taurid have multiple parent body. In addition to the comet 2P/Encke still include some asteroids to the parent bodies.