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How to see the 2020 Orionid meteor shower reach its dazzling peak this week – CNET
This week brings prime prime meteor spotting, as the shooting star extravaganza peaks.
Halley’s Comet in 1986.
NASA
Gaze upward skywatchers. The Orionid meteor shower, already active and visible, is having its best week yet.
The Orionids are considered a major meteor shower based on the amount of visible meteors that can be seen racing toward inevitable doom during its active period, which runs roughly from the first week of October to the first week of November.
The American Meteor Society forecasts that as many as 20 per hour may be visible during the peak on Oct. 20 and …
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