Hampered by the full Moon, the Orionid meteor shower this year will produce about 10-20 meteors per hour in the early morning hours of October 22.
1 October to 6 November
Orionid meteor shower is the second one produced by Comet Halley. The first one is Eta Aquarids in May.
Sometimes producing long bright fireballs, which may be able to overcome the moonlit glare.
Generally considered low to a medium strength meteor shower, sometimes we see heightened activity. In 2006-2009, the peak rates were comparable to the largest shower Perseids. But in 2021 we expect normal activity.
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The debris stream from Swift-Tuttle is quite widely dispersed so the Perseid Meteor Shower is active from 17th July until 24th August, with the peak occurring overnight on 12th / 13th August.
August gives us the opportunity to witness another spectacle in the night skies, not a comet this time, but a meteor shower, in this instance, the Perseid Meteor Shower, which begins in late July but peaks on the 11th, 12th and 13th of August.
