Orionid Meteor Shower Will Put on Celestial Show This Weekend

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By Adam Mann October 21, 2011 | 1:41 pm | Categories: Space


Turn your attention skyward early this Saturday morning for a gift from Halley’s comet: A stream of up to 15 meteors per hour is predicted for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower.

Shortly after midnight, viewers can expect a steady pace of meteors streaking from the constellation Orion. This year the scene may be particularly majestic because the moon, Mars, and the star Regulus will be making a simultaneous appearance in the eastern sky.

The white crescent moon will form one corner of a triangle with blue Regulus and red Mars at the other two vertices. Orionids may be seen diving through this triangle in the hours just before dawn.
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[FloridaJudy]

1. And a day later

The triffids will take over!

[bananas]

2. Or the Reptilian Lizards from the Orion Galaxy.

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