Space Weather News for Oct. 20, 2016
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METEORS FROM HALLEY'S COMET: Earth has entered a stream of debris from
Halley's Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower.  Forecasters
expect the shower to peak during the night of Oct. 20-21 with as many as
10-20 meteors per hour.  Glare from tonight's gibbous Moon will mute the
display, but not completely eliminate it as NASA cameras are observing some
Orionid fireballs bright enough to be seen in the moonlight. Visit
Spaceweather.com for observing tips and more information.
 
http://spaceweather.com/images2016/20oct16/skymap.png?PHPSESSID=d2r9552pscaj0  
This sky map shows the location of the Orionid radiant near the shoulder of
the constellation Orion.  Unfortunately the gibbous Moon is there, too.
Lunar glare will wipe out all but the brightest Orionids this year.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

--- DB 3.99 + W10 (1607)