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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

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