Look to the sky during the night from Sunday to Monday as the meteor shower is expected to reach its maximum

If predictions permit, astronomers observe the beautiful meteor shower Orionid in the night of Sunday, October 21 to Monday morning.

This meteor shower is caused by the passage of the Earth in a part of the space littered with debris from the comet Halley. According to NASA, patience is essential to fully appreciate the Orionids, as it takes about 30 minutes for the human eye to adjust, which usually lasts until dawn.

The US Space Agency calls the Orionids "one of the most beautiful showers of the year" and they are known for their brightness and speed as they travel at around 150,000 km / h in our atmosphere . They even create a fireball appearance by leaving "incandescent debris".

At its peak, the Orionid meteor shower can produce about 10 to 20 visible meteors per hour depending on the weather and the sky.

"Look for extended lightning explosions when you look at the Orionid meteor shower.The Orionids are also framed by some of the brightest stars in the night sky, which give a spectacular backdrop to these sighted meteors," writes NASA on its website. .

"The Orionids are visible in the northern and southern hemispheres during the hours after midnight Find a place well away from the lights of the city or the street Prepare yourself with a sleeping bag, blanket or garden chair. on your back, feet facing you to the southeast if you are in the northern or northeastern hemisphere if you are in the southern hemisphere, and look up as far as possible . "

This weekend in Michigan, the moon should rise around 17:41. and set around 5:28 am according to AccuWeather. The viewing possibilities depend largely on the moon and a clear sky.

As you can see on the graph below, we are going to need luck here in Michigan to catch the rains at its peak:

As for the original history of these showers, the debris comes from Halley's Comet, which takes about 76 years to perform a sun's orbit. The comet itself was last seen from the Earth by the "casual observer" in 1986 and will only enter our inner solar system in 2061.