Orionids are labeled. :-)
Seriously, :-|, they'll be the ones appearing to come from the prominent Fall/Winter constellation Orion.
Posted on 10/20/2009 5:40:40 PM PDT by ETL
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show.
"Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, the source of the Orionids," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Flakes of comet dust hitting the atmosphere should give us dozens of meteors per hour."
The best time to look is before sunrise on Wednesday, Oct. 21st. That's when Earth encounters the densest part of Halley's debris stream. Observing is easy: Wake up a few hours before dawn, brew some hot chocolate, go outside and look up. No telescope is required to see Orionids shooting across the sky.
(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...
Cloudy tonight but maybe it won’t be at 5 AM.
Hey! Anyway I can tell an Orionid meteor from the plain old regular ones?
All,
Check out this site for cloud conditions in your neck of the woods. Blue boxes represents clear skies, white, cloudy. Scroll down the page and find your location in the chart on the right and click on it. Can’t say they’re all that accurate, but they occasionally get it right:
http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
That’s easy. Orionid meteors wear a belt in the shower.
Orionids are labeled. :-)
Seriously, :-|, they'll be the ones appearing to come from the prominent Fall/Winter constellation Orion.
I’d really like to see if I can get a few shots of meteors before winter sets in. Too much money in the camera to want to expose it to the harsh cold of an early winter morning.
Bump for clear skies around 4 - 4:30 EST.
I saw several before 0600 this morning while outside with our dog. Some really nice long trails.
They will have a big “O” and resemble the Obama logo. So they will shoot way to the left.
:)
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