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From May 4th to 6th, the Earth will move through the debris of Halley's Comet, creating the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Normally, you can expect to see up to 40 meteors per hour as ice particles and comet dust hit the atmosphere, causing them to burn. The Met Office has confirmed clear sky forecasts at the height of the meteor shower, offering the British a breathtaking show.
The British Meteorological Agency also said that the farther we go to the south of England, the better the show will be.
A spokesman for the Met Office told Express.co.uk: "The night of June 5 to 6, the night of December 5 to 6, with a colder air mass, it should be nice and clear, with some clouds and some showers.
"There is also a risk of fragmented clouds, but the more cloudy the south, the greater the risk of clear skies."
Halley's Comet, arguably the most famous of all known comets, takes between 75 and 76 years to orbit the sun, but often approaches the Earth.
As it gets closer, some of the comet's ramification – which is usually as small as a grain of sand – is consumed in the Earth's atmosphere, allowing people to see the spectacular shooting stars.
Halley's Comet creates a shower in May – the Eta Aquarid shower – and another in October – the Orionids meteor shower.
The comet would have been observed for the first time about 2,200 years ago, but it was not until the astronomer Edmond Halley, in 1705, that she was officially recognized.
The astronomer was the first scientist to correctly predict the return of the comet in 1758 and Halley was honored to have christened the comet in his honor.
But the comet has been sighted by different civilizations "for millennia" and was even spotted at the Battle of Hastings – the show was sewn into the Bayeux tapestry.
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