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How to see the 2020 Orionid meteor shower, active now and starting to heat up – CNET
The shooting star extravaganza headlines a big skywatching month.
Halley’s Comet in 1986.
NASA
The Draconid meteor shower and a stunning show from Mars in the night sky serve as the opening act for the October skywatching headliner: the annual Orionid meteor shower is already visible and set to peak later this month.
The Orionids are really just bits of dust and debris left behind from famed Comet Halley on its previous trips through the inner solar system. As our planet drifts through the cloud of comet detritus each year around this time, all that cosmi…
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