10.22.2011

orionids meteor shower tonight !!!

i'm afraid i might have missed it. chances are it can still be seen tonight. i remember seeing it last year, laying in the grass on the chilliest of nights down in southwest texas.
look for meteors between the hours of midnight and dawn. the meteors of orionid are rock, dust and ice debris from the famous comet Halley, which graces our planetary viewers every year about this time in october. it's estimated that 10-15 meteors per hour can be seen, which isn't the most spectacular show by far, but still amazing when you think about what's going on, and that we have been given the gift of witnessing it.
happy sky watching!
(http://earthsky.org/tonight/orionid-meteors-are-debris-from-famous-comet-halley)

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