Meteorenregen van komeet Halley met hoogtepunt op 20-21 oktober
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Meteorenregen van komeet Halley met hoogtepunt op 20-21 oktober
Meteorenregen van komeet Halley met hoogtepunt op 20-21 oktober
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak during the night of Oct. 20-21 with rates as high as 20 meteors per hour. This radar map from the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) shows a "hot spot" (labeled ORI) near the shoulder of Orion where the meteoroids are disintegrating:
The best time to look is during the hours before local sunrise on Oct. 21st when Orion is high in the sky. Unfortunately, the gibbous Moon will be high in the sky, too. Only the brightest Orionids will be visible through the glare. Now for the good news: NASA's network of all-sky meteor cameras recorded 17 Orionid fireballs over the USA the night before the peak. It might be worth looking, after all. [sky map]
Bron: http://www.spaceweather.com/
