Aquarid Meteor Shower
The delta aquarid meteor shower is a long sprawling meteor shower that is active from around july 12 to august 23.
Aquarid meteor shower. The eta aquariids are a meteor shower associated with halley s comet. The shower is named after the brightest star of the constellation eta aquarii. It plods along slowly without a hard peak.
Unlike most major annual meteor showers there is no sharp peak for this shower but rather a broad maximum with good rates that last approximately one week centered on may 5. It peaks on the night of may 4 5. The eta aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from comet halley.
The eta aquarid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight may 4 with the best views arriving before dawn on tuesday may 5. The earth passes through halley s path around the sun a second time in october. This creates the orionid meteor shower which peaks around october 20.
The shower s radiant is located at the center of this stellar map. It plods along slowly without a hard peak.