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Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« on: October 20, 2012, 09:56 »
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/121019-orionids-meteor-shower-peak-halleys-comet-space-science/

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Our annual sky show from Halley's comet, the Orionid meteor shower, will peak overnight Saturday, with as many as 20 shooting stars an hour expected to be visible from dark locations away from city lights.
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 10:42 »
What a great picture!
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 12:33 »
And we have clear skies today - so far.   8-)
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 22:57 »
Very very cloudy here.
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 23:33 »
Stunning skies here!!   8-)
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 12:16 »
Sunny here now. Not last night. Lots of fogs this morning.
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Re: Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2012, 19:55 »
I went out with binoculars for half an last night at around 11pm.  Didn't see any orionids but saw some lovely star clusters in the Perseus/Auriga/Cassiopeia region.
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