Orionids Is Set to Haunt the Sky in October: How and When to See These Meteors

Star Gazing: Orion and the meteors!

Look out for the Orionids meteor shower on Oct. 20

Orionids Is Set to Haunt the Sky in October: How and When to See These Meteors

This meteor shower is noted for its bright, fast meteors that leave trails that can linger in the sky for a few minutes.

Super-Fast Orionid Meteors Will Fall to Earth This Month—but Where Do They Come From?

When it reaches its peak later this month, a shower of unusually swift meteors will be observable streaking through dark and moonless skies—ideal lighting conditions for meteor spotting. The Orionids, a meteor shower named after the constellation Orion where they seem to come from but don’t, will have no moonlight to contend with when they reach their thickest on Oct. 21. The new moon occurs the very same day, offering stargazers optimal darknes…

Four meteor showers to watch in the coming weeks across Michigan - Bridge Michigan

Four meteor showers are set to brighten October and November nights, including the Draconids, Orionids and the North and South Taurids.