Ireland's skies will light up as shooting stars fly overhead across the next two nights.
The annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower always appears above the northern hemisphere in late April or early May, with Wednesday, May 5 expected to be the best night for viewing.
Stargazers will be able to see between 10 and 20 shooting stars per hour over the next two nights.
And the meteor shower is expected to be at its most visible around midnight.
This meteor shower is associated with the famous Halley's Comet, which is only visible from Earth about every 76 years.
It won't be visible again until 2061 after it was last seen in 1986.
Each year, when Earth collides with the comet's orbit, vaporizing debris comes flying into our atmosphere at 148,000 miles per hour, according to NASA, making the meteors well known for their speed.
Fast meteors tend to leave glowing dust "trains" behind them, producing magnificent "shooting stars."
Under normal conditions, the annual meteor shower typically produces about 30 meteors per hour. It's named for its radiant, or direction of origin, which appears to come from the constellation Aquarius.
