{"id":298387,"date":"2025-07-28T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/298387\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:52:17","slug":"how-to-see-delta-aquariid-meteor-shower-in-uk-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/298387\/","title":{"rendered":"How to see Delta Aquariid meteor shower in UK this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The annual Delta Aquariid meteor shower will remain active until August 23, with its peak taking place this coming Wednesday (July 30).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Here is all you need to know about the\u00a0Delta Aquariid meteor shower and how to view it in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>  What is the\u00a0Delta Aquariid meteor shower?<\/p>\n<p>\n  As explained by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacecentre.co.uk\/news\/space-now-blog\/delta-aquariid-meteor-shower-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Space Centre (NSC) website<\/a>, meteor showers are when the Earth passes through the debris of a comet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The dust and gas left behind by the comet burn up in the atmosphere causing a shooting star.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>  Must-See Sky Events in 2025<\/p>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0Delta\u00a0Aquariids\u00a0marks the start of the summer\u00a0meteor\u00a0season in the Northern Hemisphere.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is one of two meteor showers that converge in the summer, alongside the more famous\u00a0Perseids, which is set to peak on August 12\/13 in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0Delta\u00a0Aquariids\u00a0get their name from the constellation in the night sky that they appear to radiate from &#8211;\u00a0the constellation of Aquarius, near the bright star\u00a0Delta\u00a0Aquarii.\n<\/p>\n<p>  How to see\u00a0the Delta Aquariid meteor shower in the UK<\/p>\n<p>\n  Despite the Delta Aquariid meteor shower being more visible in the southern hemisphere, those in the northern hemisphere will still be able to catch a glimpse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  NSC says to face towards the south-east, with the meteors\u00a0appearing to originate from near the star Delta Aquarii.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, the meteors can appear all over the sky,\u00a0and as RMG explains, meteors will appear longer the further away from the radiant you look.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  What&#8217;s visible in the night sky in the UK 2025<\/p>\n<p>\n  The meteor shower can be\u00a0best viewed just after midnight, with RMG predicting\u00a0a &#8220;steady stream of meteors&#8221; expected over several days.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While the shower doesn\u2019t have a noticeable peak, it&#8217;s expected that it will reach its maximum rate on\u00a0July 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Tips on how to best view the\u00a0Delta Aquariid meteor shower<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Museums Greenwich<\/a> has provided its tips on viewing the meteor shower.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Its website says to ensure to check the weather forecast ahead of time, and\u00a0if the forecast isn\u2019t favourable, find a different location to observe from or view the meteor shower on another day.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It adds that in 2025, the Delta Aquariid meteor shower&#8217;s maximum occurs six days after New Moon, which took place on July 24, so observing conditions are &#8220;reasonably favourable&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Top tips on viewing the shower include:<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n      Lie down on a blanket or sit in a lawn chair to ensure that you have a wide view of the sky\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n      Your naked eye is the best instrument to use to see meteors \u2013 don\u2019t use binoculars or a telescope as these have narrow fields of view\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n      Allow your eyes to adapt to the dark and don\u2019t look at any lights, or at your phone, to maintain your dark adaptation\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0Go Stargazing website\u00a0also has some of the\u00a0publicly accessible dark sky sites in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Delta Aquariid meteor shower will remain active until August 23, with its peak taking place this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-298387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114930722298961721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}