Bits of Halley’s Comet Rain Down
Written by The Night Sky Guy on October 19, 2012 – 9:12 pm -
Over the next week Earth will be slamming into a debris field left behind by one of the most famous cosmic visitors in history – Halley’s comet.
While the icy interloper won’t return to our neck of the woods for another five decades, it still puts on a yearly sky show in the form of the Orionid meteor shower which peaks in the early morning hours of October 21st.
Read more about the Orionid meteors and how best to catch the sky show at National Geographic News
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Tags: Halley's comet, meteor shower, Orionids
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By Denzil FEINBERG on Oct 20, 2012 | Reply
No mention of section of the sky we should look! If all over 360 degrees, spectacular! I’ll start tonight & resume tomorrow Sunday morning (21 OCT) when I usually awake at about 5am.