The Watchers, 7/17/13
The Delta Aquarid meteor shower begins annually roughly from July 12 and is active up to August 23. The shower can be seen all over the planet, however it is best observed from the Southern Hemisphere and southern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
The debris from the comet 96P/Machholz, which orbits the Sun every five years, is suspected to be the cause of the Delta Aquarids. Comet 96P/Machholz was found in 1986 by Donald Machholz and its nucleus is 6.4 km wide.
