Quadrantid meteor shower tonight: the top nine meteor showers of 2011

3. Eta Aquarid

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Halley's Comet

May 5-6

Blame comet 1P/Halley, a.k.a Halley's Comet, for this one. Halley orbits the sun once every 75 to 76 years, refreshing the stream of debris. Even so, this is another modest shower, typically yielding about 12 meteors an hour at its peak. The meteors appear to steam away from the constellation Aquarius.

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