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October is not just the perfect time for cooler temperatures – it's also the time of a heavenly spectacle.
The Orionides meteor shower will culminate from Sunday October 21st to Monday October 22nd. The meteor shower, which will produce between 15 and 20 meteors per hour, is best observed between 2 and 5 o'clock.
Culminating in mid-October, the Orionids are considered one of the most beautiful showers of the year. Its meteors are fast, traveling about 200,000 km / h and leave bright "trains" – glowing debris following the meteor – that last from seconds to minutes, according to NASA.
The fragment of space debris that creates Orionids comes from Halley's Comet. Whenever Halley returns to the inner solar system, its core releases ice and rocky dust that will become the Orionids in October and the Etar Aquarids in May.
The radiation from the shower – or the point of the sky from which the Orionids seem to originate – is the constellation of Orion, but NASA said not to limit your vision to this area. Orionids should be visible in the night sky.
If you miss the Orionids, do not worry. The Leonid meteor shower will culminate on November 17th.
Here are NASA's visualization tips:
Find a place well away from the lights of the city or the street.
Get ready with a sleeping bag, blanket or garden chair.
Lie on your back, feet to the southeast if you are in the northern or northeastern hemisphere if you are in the southern hemisphere, and look up contemplating as much sky as possible . I
In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adjust and you will begin to see the meteors.
Be patient – the show will last until dawn, so you'll have plenty of time to take a look.
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