The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will be reaching its most active period, producing its highest number of meteors during the pre-dawn hours.

A meteor shower stemming from Halley's Comet will peak soon. Here's when and how to catch a glimpse of a shooting star. (AP Photo)

While visible in both hemispheres, the Eta Aquarids are most striking from the southern tropics. In northern skies, these meteors appear low on the horizon, at a rate of only about 10 streaks per hour, according to NASA. They radiate from the constellation Aquarius, which will be visible near the eastern horizon in the hours before dawn.

Halley's comet won't zoom by Earth again until 2061 but debris from the famous comet visit twice a year through meteor showers.

North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere.