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Meteor Showers Tonight — Atacama Desert
No major shower is at its peak over Atacama Desert tonight. The next is the Delta Aquariids, peaking the night of Jul 29–30. Here's how well it'll be placed from here, and tonight's dark-sky window.
Radiant in Aquarius · debris from Comet 96P/Machholz (likely). Radiant altitude computed for Atacama Desert (-24.5°, -69.3°).
Conditions over Atacama Desert tonight
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Meteors can appear anywhere in the sky — you don't need to find the radiant or use any equipment. Find the darkest spot you can, let your eyes adapt for 20 minutes, lie back, and watch. The hours after midnight are usually best, as your side of Earth turns to face the oncoming debris.
Atacama Desert right now
A clear sky matters more than anything for meteors — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Atacama Deserttells you whether it's worth heading out.
More sky over Atacama Desert
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Atacama Desert in real time.