Watch for fireballs: Orionids meteor shower expected to peak next week - Fox Weather

The Orionids meteor ablution is considered to beryllium 1 of the astir beauteous showers of the year, and its highest is expected during the upcoming workweek.

According to NASA, the Orionids meteor ablution volition highest connected Oct. 21, offering sky-gazers a amusement that volition airy up the nighttime sky.

Depending connected wherever you are successful the Northern Hemisphere, you could spot up to 15 meteors per hr during the peak.

NASA says that immoderate of these Orionids tin permission down glowing "trains" (incandescent bits of debris successful the aftermath of the meteor) which could past up to respective minutes, and immoderate faster meteors could besides go fireballs.

EVERGREEN, CO - DECEMBER 14: One of green-glowing meteors implicit squaw pass. December 14, 2018.

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The Orionids meteors are pieces of the Halley's Comet and are framed by immoderate of the brightest stars successful the nighttime sky.

"Each clip that Halley returns to the interior star system, its nucleus sheds crystal and rocky particulate into space. The particulate grains yet go the Orionids successful October and the Eta Aquarids successful May if they collide with Earth's atmosphere," NASA said.

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The Orionids meteor ablution is seen implicit the Songhua River successful Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China, Oct. 22, 2020. 

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With the satellite not expecting to dull the amusement during the shower's peak, scientists accidental the backdrop for the Orionids volition beryllium spectacular.

The biggest upwind vantage you could inquire for is having wide skies.

The 2nd astir important viewing information you privation is simply a acheronian entity distant from airy pollution. If you unrecorded successful a large city, see going to a authorities oregon nationalist parkland that allows overnight camping. However, adjacent if you tin measurement extracurricular wherever you live, fto your eyes set to the acheronian for a fewer minutes and past look up. This includes putting down your phone. 

Orionid meteors look each twelvemonth erstwhile Earth travels done an country of abstraction littered with debris from Halley’s Comet.

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Linda Mazzu, with the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, says hands down Bryce Canyon National Park is the champion acheronian entity parkland successful the U.S. 

NASA says that the Orionids are viewable successful some the Northern and Southern hemispheres during the hours aft midnight until dawn.

While the Orionids meteor ablution highest is connected Oct. 21, the Orionids volition beryllium progressive done Nov. 22.