Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight — Here's how to see it - WESH
The Orionid meteor shower is peaking, offering observers a chance to see bright meteors caused by debris from Halley's Comet. NASA suggests viewing between midnight and 2 a.m. in areas with low light pollution for the best experience.
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It's your second chance to see an October meteor shower. The second annual meteor shower of October, the Orionids, is a fairly dependable meteor shower. The Orionids’ radiant is the constellation Orion, specifically its bright star Betelgeuse. The meteors of the Orionids come from the debris of the comet Halley, which passes near Earth about every 76 years, but delivers two meteor showers to Earth’s atmosphere per year — the Orionids in the fall and the Eta Aquarids in May. The previous meteor shower in October was the Draconids. The Orionids are known to be bright and fast, and the fall weather usually makes for ideal conditions to view them.
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