Trio of meteor showers to dazzle Australia and New Zealand – how to see and best time to view tonight and this weekend

New moon will provide ideal viewing conditions for the Piscis Austrinids, Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers this week as cosmic debris from comets enters Earth's atmosphere, before the Perseid meteor shower's peak in August

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The night sky in Australia and New Zealand is set to be illuminated by a trio of meteor showers - the Piscis Austrinids, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids - that will peak this weekend.

The meteor showers coincide with the dark night sky of a new moon on 29 July, providing ideal viewing conditions.

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