Articles written by Hanna Stuwe

Hanna Stuwe|Updated Oct 2, 2012

If you plan on looking to the night skies this month you are in for a treat. The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the evening of October 21 and morning of October 22. A first-quarter moon will set by about midnight, leaving the sky dark until dawn and providing optimum viewing for this shower. The Orionids exhibit a maximum rate of about 20 meteors per hour, and the fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains and bright fireballs. If you trace these meteors... Full story