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I was listening to kbull 93 the other day and someone mentioned that a meteor shower was coming. and said that 2 am was the best time to see it. was I mistaken? is one going to be visible and if so when. I would realy love to see this but am not sure if it is a real deal thing, or was this person on kbull full of .,.... well you know bull. thanks Debra of ogden
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They were either talking about the Orionid meteor shower or a comet that's moving around right now. The Orionid shower is actually part of the debris from Halley's comet. We saw Halley's comet in 1986 and won't see it again until 2062! We were closest to the orbit of the comet on October 21st. 1 am local time is the best time to look for this shower and you should be far away from city lights and bring a blanket and something warm to drink, it's cold out.
A link on the right will take you to where you can find more information on this neat shower. Even though the peak has passed you should still be able to see some meteors around. The pieces of dust hit our atmosphere at 100,000 mph. Also there's a link to spaceweather.com if you go to their page you can search their archive of the past few days, it's great! Click on October 20th and you'll get more information on the meteor shower.
Comet Swan is also around. Look west after sunset. Unfortunately today the 25th we have a bunch of clouds so that doesn't help you. It glides through the constellation Corona.
Happy star gazing!
Answered by KSL Meteorologist Dina Freedman.
