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A "beautiful" meteor shower is set to light up the skies over Aotearoa overnight.
The Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower is fast, faint shooting stars from the Aquarius constellation.
Auckland's Stardome Observatory and Planetarium says the annual event "is a reliable and beautiful meteor shower best viewed from here in the Southern Hemisphere".
Astronomer Josh Aoraki told Morning Reportat their peak you may see about 20 meteors per hour.
"Which would be really gorgeous if you imagine star gazing with that up in the sky."
The best time to see it will be about 2am, so you'll have to set an early alarm if you're keen to see it.
"It's one of the more reliable ones, so usually we have a pretty constant rate of shooting stars every year.
"We don't have a huge amount here so if we do get clear skies it's definitely worth a look."
Did you see the meteor shower? Send us your photos and videos iwitness@rnz.co.nz
You won't need any eqiupment to see it but you'll need to be looking to the north-east about half way up the sky and it'll be best if you're away from city lights.
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