Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027
Peak night, up to 50 meteors an hour under a dark sky. The Moon is almost out of the way — a good year.
When
What it is
The Eta Aquariids are dust from 1P/Halley. Each year the Earth crosses this stream and the grains burn up 80–100 km above us at 66 km/s. The meteors seem to fly out of Aquarius, so the shower is named after it.
How to see it
Go somewhere dark in the hours before dawn, lie back and look at the whole sky, not at the radiant. Give your eyes 20 minutes to adapt and don’t look at your phone. It is better seen from the southern hemisphere and low latitudes. The Moon is almost out of the way — a good year.
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See also
Venus and Saturn in conjunction, 7 May 2027
Venus and Saturn are just 0.6° apart — they fit in one binocular view.
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation, 28 May 2027
Mercury is 22.9° from the Sun — the best time to find it low in the west after sunset.