What is the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower? | Eta Aquarids 2020

#EtaAquariids
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on the night of May 4 and the wee hours of May 5, 2020. Meteors are often called “shooting stars,” but they’re not really stars at all. The Eta Aquariid meteoroid stream comes from the debris of Halley's Comet, which last passed the Earth’s orbit in 1986.
Because the meteoroids from Halley’s Comet approach Earth head-on, Eta Aquariids are very fast, and a number of them tend to leave behind them glowing trails that can linger for a few seconds. However, these meteors are relatively faint, with few fireballs, so the light of a nearly full Moon this year will obscure all but the brightest meteors when the Eta Aquariids peak on the morning of May 5th.
Drone footage generously donated by Corvid Aerial Solutions (corvidaerial.com). Meteors as seen from space simulation by meteorshowers.org.

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3 or 4 am in any time zone?

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very nicely explained