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With the weather warming up this month, skywatchers should take advantage of clear skies and catch some amazing celestial treats.

The first week of May sees the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak in activity, offering up a great sky show.

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But for the best views, pending clear skies, of course, plan to head outside late night on Wednesday, May 4, into the early morning hours of Thursday. Thanks to a moonless sky, astronomers expect up to about 30 meteors per hour streaking through the northeast skies starting from 10 p.m. The individual shooting stars of the Aquarids appear to come from the eastern part of the sky, where Aquarius, the water bearer constellation, can be seen this time of the year.

The claim to fame of this shower, however, is not how many meteors fall but where they come from. Every single shooting star you see that night is actually leftover bits and pieces left behind by the famous comet Halley. Last time we saw Halley in our corner of the solar system was back in 1986, and it won’t be back until 2062, but we can see all the sand-grain-sized particles shed by this icy visitor burn up high above our heads.