Orionid meteor shower will peak this week. If the sky is clear, then everyone can witness this phenomenon with the naked eye.
Reported by News weekThe Orionid meteor shower has been active since September 26 and is expected to last until November 26. It is estimated that this natural phenomenon will reach its peak on October 20 and 21.
The International Meteor Organization Calendar estimates that theoretically at the peak of this meteor shower there will be about 20 meteors per hour.
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“Probably about 8 (meteors) if in good condition,” said Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the UK’s Royal Astronomical Society.
Aside from peak nights, meteors The Orions it will probably also be seen during this October. Even so, the activity of the meteor shower will decrease if it is away from the peak night.
According to NASAThe Orionid meteor is one of the brightest and fastest meteors known. This meteor is moving through the earth at a speed of approximately 150,000 miles per hour.
Not only known as a very fast meteor, Orionid is also known as a meteor that leaves a fairly clear trail of debris. The remnants of this meteoric trajectory can last anywhere from a few seconds to minutes.
This meteor shower gets its name The Orions because the emission of the meteor shower is in the trajectory of Orion. Although many think that the emission of a meteor shower indicates the direction from which the meteor came, it turns out that this is not entirely true.
When you try to see a meteor shower, look across the sky. There is no need to search for the direction of the beam or its trajectory. Because this meteor shower will be visible all over the night sky.
If a traveler wants to witness this phenomenon, it is recommended to see it before midnight, after the appearance of the constellation of Orion. Furthermore, astronomers also suggest observing it in an area away from the light source.
“The best times to see this meteor shower are after Orion’s rise, just before midnight, and then during the whole night,” said Tania de Sales Marques, astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
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