The Delta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak July 29-30, but skygazers will be able to catch the spectacular meteor shower over the weekend as well.
This year's Delta Aquarid shower is set to light up the skies brighter than usual, as it would be a moonless sky on Tuesday, July 29. The sky will be darker, making it easier to watch the star show.
The moon enters its new phase on July 26, meaning that the moonlight will not be drowning out the star show.
Stargazers will be able to see up to 20 meteors an hour when it peaks in the early hours of July 26.
A live stream of the meteor shower will be available by NASA from its Marshall Space Flight Center. The live stream will begin at 9.30 p.m. ET on July 30.
A live stream of the SLOOH camera will also be available July 29 at 10 p.m. ET.
NASA stated: "On the night of 29-30 July, a favourable new moon will help darken the skies for the 2014 Delta Aquarid meteor shower (the Southern Delta Aquarids). Although this is considered a minor meteor shower with projected peak rates at 15-20 meteors/hour, the darker skies will help even faint meteors shine more brightly."
The Delta Aquarids gets its name because of it radiations from the constellation Aquarius. The meteor shower, which began July 12 and will continue until August 23, takes place as Earh passes through debris left by two comets which broke apart in space – Marsden and Krach.
One of the biggest meteor showers of the year is the Perseid meteor shower, which will be peaking August 10 -13. However, stargazers will not have the best view as the Gibbous Moon will be drowning out the show. This does not mean that it will not be visible at all, but stargazers will have to look up in earliest hours of dawn before sunrise.
