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โ๏ธ Shooting Stars Tonight!
How to see the Eta Aquariids | May 5-6, 2026
Best window: 2:30 to 4:30 AM local time. Block the 80% Moon behind a building or hill. Face east. Lie flat and scan a wide area of sky. Give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust. Southern Hemisphere: 15 to 30 per hour expected. Northern Hemisphere: 5 to 15 per hour.
Watch for Earthgrazers, slow, dramatic streaks that skim the atmosphere near the horizon. No equipment needed. These are among the fastest meteors of the year at 66 km/s, debris from Halley's Comet burning up 100 km above you.