Weekend Orionid Meteor Shower

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Hi everybody, here is another link with some useful informations for tonight, including a list of locations and the best time for observation:

http://www.spacedex.com/orionids/

"While the Orionids may be active from October 15th through October 29th, it reaches its peak on the night of October 21st into the morning of October 22nd. The peak of a meteor shower is the moment of the strongest meteor activity, and the number of meteors during this time is expected to range from 10 to 20 meteors per hour under ideal viewing conditions. As with many meteor showers, predicting the peak of the Orionids is difficult..."

If you want to take pictures, there is also a photography guide for meteor showers:

http://www.spacedex.com/guides/photograph-meteor-showers.php

I wish all of you good luck and a clear sky, if you go out tonight or in the morning.

Can we get some more precise details on the "when"? I'm on the West Coast, and I have a feeling "morning hours" means something different to me than it does to NASA.

Since the earth is rotating as the orbits of the earth and the Orionids are crossing, every place on earth will see them in the same angle relative to the sun, not relative to a point on earth. So as your part of the earth turns into the right place, you will see them.

Neat. But will the whole thing last a full 24 hours, or will certain longitudes have a better shot of seeing them than others?

I have posted another link in a comment, where you can find a list of locations. Pick the location, which is nearest to you, and you will find a time interval.

I hope that the displayed information is accurate, but to predict the peek of the meteor shower seems to be difficult.

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