Eta Aquariids in Bergen

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks from Bergen around May 5-6, with up to 40 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Bergen the radiant in Aquarius climbs to 14° above the south-east horizon around 05:20. Local best viewing window: 04:30–05:20 CEST on the peak night, about 0.8 hours of twilight after sunset. Scaled to that altitude, the 40/hour headline figure works out to roughly 10 meteors an hour from Bergen under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 13.1° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: total cover forecast, with no usable gaps.