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elleng

(130,857 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 06:17 PM Oct 2016

Orionid meteor shower peak tonight!

http://earthsky.org/tonight/orionid-meteors-are-debris-from-famous-comet-halley

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Orionid meteor shower peak tonight! (Original Post) elleng Oct 2016 OP

My daughters and I did the Perseid meteor shower back in August ... JoePhilly Oct 2016 #1

Lucky tymorial Oct 2016 #2

We were very lucky ... it had been overcast for the 2 days before ... started to clear at about 7pm JoePhilly Oct 2016 #3

The Clear Dark Sky Clock can help bananas Oct 2016 #4

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

1. My daughters and I did the Perseid meteor shower back in August ...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 06:27 PM

Oct 2016

... it was excellent.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

2. Lucky

Reply to JoePhilly (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 06:38 PM

Oct 2016

I swear to god that everytime there is a meteor shower it is overcast here. And of course tonight is no exception.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

3. We were very lucky ... it had been overcast for the 2 days before ... started to clear at about 7pm

Reply to tymorial (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 06:42 PM

Oct 2016

... and was perfect by Midnight.

We went out at 12:30am and stayed out until around 2am ... and we counted ... about 60 in about 90 minutes ... which was awesome.

Sorry your weather won't cooperate.

My older daughter and I did it a few years back too ... wasn't cloudy, but not totally clear either ... we didn't see near as many.

bananas

(27,509 posts)

4. The Clear Dark Sky Clock can help

Reply to tymorial (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 10:22 PM

Oct 2016

Sometimes there will be a break in the clouds within an hour or two drive,
The Clear Dark Sky Clock can help you find them.
http://cleardarksky.com/csk/

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