Lookup South Florida, A Couple Meteor Showers Will Light The October Night Sky

Miami (CBSMiami) — There are 2 antithetic meteor showers for stargazers to look guardant to successful the period of October.

They’re the Draconid and the Orionid meteor showers. Let’s speech astir the Draconid meteor ablution archetypal which happens from October 6^th done the 10^th.

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In South Florida, we tin drawback the highest of the Draconids this Friday nighttime done overnight Saturday. Just marque definite to look up towards the northwest entity and you don’t request immoderate peculiar equipment, conscionable your eyes, mostly wide skies, and debased airy pollution.

During the highest nights, the Draconid meteors zoom by astatine a complaint of 10 meteors per hour.

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Meanwhile, the Orionid meteor ablution has been progressive since October 2^nd. South Floridians tin already look for the meteors each nighttime starring up to the highest – betwixt the 20^th and the 21^st of the month.

The Orionid meteor ablution tin blast up to 20 meteors per hour. These meteors are known to beryllium the brightest and fastest streaking stars crossed the nighttime sky. The champion viewing is successful an country distant from metropolis lights. Look towards the eastbound and southeastern entity aft midnight and earlier dawn.

However, this year’s afloat Hunter’s Moon occurs connected the aforesaid nighttime arsenic the highest of the Orionids, October 20^th-21^st.

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Before then, you inactive person a accidental to drawback the meteors from the Orionids earlier this month’s afloat moon. So wherefore not adhd these dates to your October calendar for immoderate fun, ‘spooky season’ things to bash with the family. And retrieve to marque a privation erstwhile you spot the flying stars!