Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks overnight May 5-6

11 articles · Updated · Space.com · Apr 29

Before dawn on 6 May offers the best viewing, with up to 50 meteors an hour, though a bright waning gibbous moon may wash out fainter streaks.
The shower is strongest in the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator, while northern observers may see about 10 to 30 meteors an hour.
Active from 19 April to 28 May, the fast meteors are debris from Halley's Comet, which returns to the inner solar system in 2061.

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