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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>What is the Orionid meteor shower?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Orionid meteor shower is one of many annual meteor showers<\/a> that can be seen at the same time every year, the most notable being the Geminid meteor shower<\/a> and the Perseid meteor shower<\/a>.<\/p>\nAs the nights are getting darker, the Orionids will be a great stargazing event for beginners and, you may be glad to hear, are best seen with the naked eye.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> An Orionid meteor recorded by the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station on top of Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US on 13 October 2015. Credit: NASA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nNo telescopes or binoculars are required: just dark skies, warm clothing, a hot drink and good company.<\/p>\n
Oh, and a reclining chair is useful too, to help avoid neck cramp brought on by long periods of looking up.<\/p>\n
Orionid meteors appear to come from the direction of the constellation Orion<\/a> \u2013 near star Betelgeuse<\/a>, to be more exact \u2013 and can produce good trails, which you should be able to see if you spend at least 30\u201360 minutes outside, looking up.<\/p>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Orionid meteor shower produces a peak hourly rate of 20 meteors per hour under perfect conditions with the meteor shower radiant \u2013 the point in the sky from which the shower trails appear to come from \u2013 directly over your head.<\/p>\n
For more advice on observing this year\u2019s celestial show, read Pete Lawrence\u2019s fantastic beginner\u2019s guide to observing the Orionid meteor shower<\/a>, or read our general advice on how to observe a meteor shower<\/a>.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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As the nights are getting darker, the Orionids will be a great stargazing event for beginners and, you may be glad to hear, are best seen with the naked eye.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>No telescopes or binoculars are required: just dark skies, warm clothing, a hot drink and good company.<\/p>\n
Oh, and a reclining chair is useful too, to help avoid neck cramp brought on by long periods of looking up.<\/p>\n
Orionid meteors appear to come from the direction of the constellation Orion<\/a> \u2013 near star Betelgeuse<\/a>, to be more exact \u2013 and can produce good trails, which you should be able to see if you spend at least 30\u201360 minutes outside, looking up.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Orionid meteor shower produces a peak hourly rate of 20 meteors per hour under perfect conditions with the meteor shower radiant \u2013 the point in the sky from which the shower trails appear to come from \u2013 directly over your head.<\/p>\n For more advice on observing this year\u2019s celestial show, read Pete Lawrence\u2019s fantastic beginner\u2019s guide to observing the Orionid meteor shower<\/a>, or read our general advice on how to observe a meteor shower<\/a>.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Iain Todd Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am The Moon will be thin, waning and largely out of the way for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, which will see \u2018shooting stars\u2019 appear in the night sky as Earth passes through the dust stream left by Halley\u2019s Comet. The best time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37882,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend.jpg",1200,798,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend-1024x681.jpg",800,532,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend.jpg",1200,798,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/10\/see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend.jpg",1200,798,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Iain Todd Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am The Moon will be thin, waning and largely out of the way for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, which will see \u2018shooting stars\u2019 appear in the night sky as Earth passes through the dust stream left by Halley\u2019s Comet. The best time…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/37881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2020\/02\/Orion-Belt-6496a26.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C491"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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