{"id":889948,"date":"2026-10-21T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889948\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:32:14","slug":"orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-heres-how-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889948\/","title":{"rendered":"Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight \u2014 Here’s how to see it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Matt<\/p>\n

It’s your second chance to see an October meteor shower.<\/p>\n

The second annual meteor shower of October, the Orionids, is a fairly dependable meteor shower. The Orionids\u2019 radiant is the constellation Orion<\/a>, specifically its bright star Betelgeuse<\/a>. The meteors of the Orionids come from the debris of the comet Halley<\/a>, which passes near Earth about every 76 years, but delivers two meteor showers to Earth\u2019s atmosphere per year \u2014 the Orionids in the fall and the Eta Aquarids in May.<\/p>\n

The previous meteor shower in October was the Draconids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Universal History Archive<\/p>\n

Engraving depicting the constellations of Orion and Taurus. Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world.<\/p>\n

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The Orionids are known to be bright and fast, and the fall weather usually makes for ideal conditions to view them. According to NASA<\/a>, the Orionids can show up to 20 meteors per hour on a good night, though some showers have been known to reach 60-70 meteors per hour.<\/p>\n

The evening and early morning of Oct. 21-22 is just the peak \u2014 you may be able to see this shower anytime from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

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Anadolu<\/p>\n

A meteor streaks across the night sky during the Orionid meteor shower in Susuzoren village of Usak, Turkey, on Nov. 08, 2018.<\/p>\n

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As with any meteor shower, you want to find a spot away from light pollution and allow your eyes to adjust to the night sky. This can usually take about 15-20 minutes.<\/p>\n

The shower’s radiant will appear to be Orion’s left arm, in the northeast night sky<\/a>, just around midnight ET. Best viewing may be between midnight and 2 a.m. ET, or after moonset, which is around 2:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

You will want a night of clear weather for the best meteor viewing. Thankfully, conditions this evening look pretty clear. Check your local forecast or check here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check your local light pollution here<\/a> and find a dark sky area near you here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s your second chance to see an October meteor shower. The second annual meteor shower of October, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[324212,6626,7117,7116,62355,11646,117366,6228,79,193,15429,40071],"class_list":["post-889948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-astronomical-events","tag-astronomy","tag-meteor-shower","tag-meteors","tag-mmnd","tag-night-sky","tag-orionid","tag-peak","tag-science","tag-space","tag-stargazing","tag-tonight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}