Autumn’s best meteor shower is about to create celestial sparks in the night sky just in time for the weekend. The Orionids will peak on Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning with as many as 20 shooting stars per hour, the strongest meteor shower since the Perseids in mid-August. Meteors will start...
Shooting stars will streak across the night sky amid the autumn’s best meteor shower and the strongest one in months, as Earth encounters dust left behind one of the most famous celestial objects in the solar system.Updated Oct 20, 2023 10:44 AM EDTThe weekend night sky will feature shooting stars with the peak of the Orionid meteor shower on Oct. 20-21. The meteors originate from the famous Halley’s Comet.
The Orionids will peak on Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning with as many as 20 shooting stars per hour, the strongest meteor shower since the Perseids in mid-August.between 1 a.m. and dawn Although the meteors will appear to radiate from Orion, they have origins with a different celestial body.
Viewing the Orionids is another way to enjoy the famous comet, which will not return to the inner solar system until 2061.Debris from Halley's Comet is also responsible for the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which peaks during the first week of May and is typically one of the best of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.AccuWeather forecasters say that more than half of the United States will have favorable viewing conditions for the Orionids this year.
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