Southern Delta Aquariids in Dublin

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks from Dublin around Jul 29-30, with up to 25 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a bright moon will hide most meteors except the brightest, and from Dublin the radiant in Aquarius climbs to 20° above the south horizon around 03:30. Local best viewing window: 01:25–03:50 IST on the peak night, about 2.4 hours of nautical twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 25/hour headline figure works out to roughly 9 meteors an hour from Dublin under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 18.1° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: mostly clouded over — breaks will be brief.