The peak of the Orionid meteor shower is set for the night of Oct. 21 into the early morning hours of Oct. 22.
"The Orionids are popular among stargazers because of all its individual shooting stars are fragments of the most famous comet of all time, Halley's Comet, which has the scientific designation of P1, meaning the first periodic (returning again and again) comet ever known," Slooh Astronomer Bob Berman said.
The Orionid meteors are simply tiny bits of ice and dust that fell away from the comet and plowed into our atmosphere, according to Slooh, a community observatory that has connected telescopes to the Internet for public use.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2015/10/18/popular-orionid-meteor-shower-to-peak-in-night-sky-this-week/
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