Upcoming Meteor Shower: Eta Aquarids 2023 - How and When to Watch

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is visible every spring, will peak on Thursday night and early Friday morning. The shower can be viewed most clearly during pre-dawn hours and offers stargazers the chance to see debris left behind by Halley's Comet. Onlookers in the Southern Hemisphere could see up to 30 meteors across the sky per hour, while Northern Hemisphere stargazers could only see about 10 meteors an hour. Cloud coverage may prevent many onlookers from seeing the meteor shower, but those in Miami, El Paso, Bismark, and Chicago are predicted to have minimum cloud coverage. To view the meteor shower, stargazers are advised to find a dark sky, lie on their back, and look up at the sky.