The Orionid meteor shower, which reaches its peak on the night of October 21, will be able to present up to 15 meteors per hour. The press service of the Moscow Planetarium reported this to TASS.
The Orionids are an annual autumn shower of moderate meteors. These meteors tend to move fast and are white in color, leaving bright trails behind. Sometimes meteors of other colors are found among them: red, blue-green, yellow and orange.
“Astronomers expect up to 15 meteors to fall per hour. The planetarium stated that the meteor shower was clearly visible in both hemispheres.
The name of the Orionids comes from the constellation Orion, where the rain shine is located, the point from which meteors appear. The glow is located above and to the left of Orion’s brightest star, Betelgeuse. The best time to see the Orionids in mid-latitudes is from midnight to dawn, when the constellation Orion rises above the horizon. To see the starfall, you should look towards the southeastern horizon.
“To the right – in the west – and above Orion, Jupiter will shine brightly, accompanying the fall of the autumn stars. Astronomers said that you can admire not only meteors, but also the brightest stars of the winter constellations.
We previously wrote that the brightest comet of the last 13 years could be seen in the skies of Russia. Read more about this here.
Source: People Talk
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