Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower: Best time to see celestial event

Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower is back if you are looking for a reason to hang out with your special people this weekend.

With around 15 to 20 meteors an hour during its peak, probably depending on where you reside in Australia, this meteor shower has the potential to dazzle early birds, according to ABC.

As the Earth moves through the dust and gas left by Halley's Comet, the Eta Aquariid shower is visible during May every year.

The stunning show of the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower is readying up to peak on Monday. People are told to get up early if they want to experience it as it is one of the best meteor showers for the Southern Hemisphere.

"Get up early in the morning, watch them over your morning coffee," Jonti Horner, an astronomer at the University of Southern Queensland said.

"It's one of the ones that suits the early birds rather than the night owls," he added.

When to see the Eta Aquariid Meteor Show?

The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower will be in its full glory on the morning of May 6. However, astronomers suggest that there are expected to be plenty of meteors each morning from May 5 through to May 8, if the weather permits.

As a result, more meteors per hour will be visible in the darker sky as the shower corresponds to a new moon this year.

"Although the peak is technically on the morning of May 6, there are better rates on May 7 when the tiny slice of the Moon is out of the way," said amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave.

"The rates this year are much better than last year when the nearly full moon was camped near the radiant," he added.