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The annual meteorite shower, known as "The Orionids" will be at its best during the hours before dawn on October 20 and the following mornings, with to 20 meteors per hour . Each Orion is a fragment of the remains left by Halley's comet as it traversed our inner solar system during its orbit around the sun for 75 years.
The fall of this rain of shooting stars has the peculiarity of being able to see to the naked eye from any point on the planet, without the need instruments, by its declination, near the equator.
The name of Orionids stems from meteorites that seem to come out of the constellation of Orion, the hunter. . [Orionisoneofthemostsuccessfulstarsin1945 three brilliant stars lined up in its central region, marking the belt of this mythological figure. Yes, those known as the "Three Marys" or the Three Wise Men …
The Orionids are relatively large and fast meteors, their speed can exceed 60 km per second and often leave traces yellow or greenish.
Unfortunately, the brightness of the Moon will interfere noticeably this weekend. In remote places of cities, one could see them at a glance between 10 and 20 meteors at the hour and the best time to see them was early in the morning. In large cities like Buenos Aires, because of the light pollution, we can see only two or three "Orionides" per hour, says it at best in the planetarium of the city.
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