Monday, 22 October 2018

Look up this weekend: The Orionid meteor shower will light up the sky

Look up this weekend: The Orionid meteor shower will light up the sky

This weekend, go outside and look up in the dark hours before dawn to witness the annual Orionid meteor shower, which will hit its peak overnight on October 21-22. You may have seen a few stray meteors zooming across the sky, leftover Draconids whose peak passed earlier this month or leftover meteors from the South Taurid shower that’s still ongoing. But this week, and more specifically this weekend, the Orionid meteors will be easy to spot.
Read more: http://www.astronomy.com/news/observing/2018/10/look-up-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower-will-light-up-the-sky?source=Snapzu

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