Orion is rising around 10:30 pm so it will be about 03:00 before it is yay high. Look up and to the left of Betelgeuse for the shooting stars.
Posted on 10/18/2017 4:00:07 PM PDT by ransomnote
This weekend presents the Orionid meteor shower at its best, and tonight – the night of October 20-21, 2017 – may well be the shower’s peak night. Late Saturday night and Sunday morning may be good times to watch as well. On both of these nights, meteors should become visible starting at late evening. They’ll probably be most prolific in the few hours before dawn on October 21, but try watching before dawn on October 22, too.
From a dark site, you might see a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour.
Fortunately, today is only one day after new moon, so there’ll be no moonlight to ruin this year’s Orionid meteor shower. In fact, it will hard to catch the young waxing crescent moon low in the west after sunset. Click here to find out the moon’s setting time in your sky, remembering to check the moonrise and moonset box.
As is standard for most meteor showers, the best time to watch this shower will be between the hours of midnight and dawn – regardless of your time zone.
The meteors – vaporizing bits of comet ice and dust – will look like streaks of light in the night sky. They’re sometimes called shooting stars.
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Meteor showers usually always disappoint me. I live near an urban area, so the sky is somewhat obscured by light pollution, but you’d think some big, bright ones would still get through. I wait forever just to see one or two meteors.
Did I lose track of time? Wouldn’t be the first time, but my calendar says today is the 18th.
Orion is rising around 10:30 pm so it will be about 03:00 before it is yay high. Look up and to the left of Betelgeuse for the shooting stars.
Get out of town!
It is well worth the effort. Mrs BN & I drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway several years ago to see a meteor shower. Took the folding chaise lounges & sleeping bags. After a while seeing many meteors we started counting. By the time we called it a night we had seen 1500+. White, green, orange!
Wonderful night!
bkmk
I might do that, but it would have to be WAY out. Like 80 miles. DFW puts off the light of a small sun.
The meteors will appear to be coming out of the constellation Orion. Look toward Orion then head away from DFW, putting the light pollution at your back.
Just a coincidence?
Nearly 200 report fireball streaking across Northeast sky
News12 ^ | 10/20/2017
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3597104/posts
Hmmmm...good catch.
A watcher said he’d seen about 4 an hour at night a few days in advance and that he expected this meteor shower to be good.
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