A meteor shower from remnants of Halley’s Comet, which last passed through the inner solar system around 25 years ago, will peak this Friday.

The shower appears twice a year when Earth passes through dust ejected from the Halley’s Comet several years ago. When the dust from the comet collides with Earth’s atmosphere, friction raises them to white heat that produces the effect popularly called "shooting stars."

The shower, a summer display of “shooting stars”, started around 24th of April and is expected to last until 20th of May, but viewing conditions to watch the showers will be the best on Friday night or early Saturday morning.

Under ideal conditions, one can expect to enjoy the sight of 40 to 60 so-called shooting stars per hour.

The orbit of the Comet narrowly approaches the orbit of Earth at two places. Once in the middle to later part of October, producing a meteor shower called the Orionids, while the other time comes in early May, which produces the annual Eta Aquarids meteor display.

Currently, Halley’s Comet is far away from Earth- beyond Neptune. It will not come close to earth until 2061.