--- title: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Live description: What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? canonical: https://time.com/3847148/watch-halleys-comet-eta-aquarids-meteor-shower/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-05T18:56:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T10:08:41.000Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower og:description: A meteor shower made up of remnants from Halley's comet og:url: https://time.com/3847148/watch-halleys-comet-eta-aquarids-meteor-shower/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower twitter:description: A meteor shower made up of remnants from Halley's comet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:08 AM UTCPublished: May 5, 2015 6:56 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:08 AM UTCPublished: May 5, 2015 6:56 PM UTC Meteors will streak through the skies Tuesday night as part of the Eta Aquarids, a meteor shower made up of remnants from Halley’s comet. Viewers in the Southern Hemisphere can expect to see an average of 30 to 60 meteors per hour, but those north of the equator will likely see fewer, astronomers said. The nearly full moon will likely interfere with viewing as well. “Probably the main allures of this show are that these meteors are debris from the famous Halley’s comet,” said astronomer Bob Berman. At 8 p.m. EDT, watch the Slooh’s broadcast with host Eric Edelman and experts Berman and Will Gater weighing in live. ### See the Astronomical League's Most Beautiful Photos from 2014  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 6, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, also known as IC 1396, on April 14, 2014. Eric Coles  The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters, imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 25, 2014. Joel Tonyan  Andromeda Galaxy (M31), imaged from Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 19, 2014, Joel Tonyan  A time lapse showing star trails above Big Lagoon State Park in Pensacola, Fla., on March 30, 2014. Kenny Alexander  Eta Aquarid meteors above Bryce Canyon in Utah, in May 2014. David Lane  The Orion Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Feb. 7, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  A star-forming nebula in Gemini, in January 2014. Brian Peterson  Propeller Nebula in Cygnus, also known as DWB111, on May 1, 2014. Eric Coles  The Milky Way, taken from Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. Kenny Alexander  An aircraft turns over the night sky with the Milky Way in the background above Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2014. Matt Jylha  Pelican Nebula, taken from Waukesha, Wisc., on Jan. 9, 2014. Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D.  The Horsehead nebula, also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434, taken at Seneca and Oswego in Illinois, Feb.-March 2014 Martin Hrdlicka  A panorama of the Milky Way taken from Fall Creek Falls State Park during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4, 2014. Matt Harbison  The Rosette nebula, also known as NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, taken from Seneca, Ill., in March 2014. Martin Hrdlicka  The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457, taken at the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys on March 1, 2014. Richard S. Wright Jr.  The Milky Way with Venus rising at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., on March 2, 2014. 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