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The Omicron Centaurids meteor shower has a radiant which is in the constellation Centaurus which is visible from the southern hemisphere.^[1] It is most easily seen at 2:00 am, local standard time.^[1] It is visible from late January through February each year.^[1] It peaks in mid-February.^[1] Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Leonid Meteor Shower A meteor shower, also known as a meteor storm, is a celestial event where a large number of meteors are seen within a very short period of time. ... The radiant or apparent radiant of a meteor shower is the point in the sky that (to a planetary observer) meteors appear to originate from. ... Centaurus (Latin for centaur) was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and counts also among the 88 modern constellations. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Lunsford, Robert, International Meteor Organization, February 18, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2007