By Klemen Vrankar
October will feature nothing less than 7 separate meteor showers, but in terms of activity, one above all others merits an entry on your calendar.
The Orionids will peak on the night of Wednesday, October 21st, promising a maximum rate of 15 shooting stars per hour.
The Orionids are not only one of the most active meteor showers of the year, but they are among those most easily found, as even children can spot the 3 recognizable stars which form Orion’s Belt. The shower was named after the constellation because it seems the shooting stars radiate out of this region of the sky.
Orion will be in the east, and the only shame is that the Moon will be three-quarters waxing, and may limit visibility.
If that’s a true buzz killer, Consider this Saturday, (Oct. 10th) when the New Moon will coincide with the peak of the Southern Taurid Meteor Shower. Despite its name, this stream of comet debris is easily seen in the Northern Hemisphere, and can produce up to one shooting star every 10 minutes.
That might not seem like much, but it’s double what can be seen watching the Camelopardalids, the Delta Aurigids, the ε-Geminids, and the Leonis Minorids—all of which peak this October.Â
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