Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet to Light Up the Sky this Weekend
The Hollywood stars are about to get a whole lot brighter this upcoming weekend. The Orionid meteor shower will sparkle the skies on Saturday and Sunday as Earth moves through the debris caused by Halley's Comet on its path around the sun.
The best display of the shower is expected to be just before dawn on Sunday when Earth hits the most dense patch of Halley's debris.
The meteor light will be clearly visible because the moon is in the new moon phase, meaning only a sliver of the moon will show.
The Orionids are the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion and have produced about 200 meteors per hour in the past. Lately, the shower measured more than 60 or more meteors per hour.
They are one of two annual meteor showers from Halley's Comet. The other shower, Eta Aquarids, can be seen in early May.
Halley's Comet won't be seen by the naked eye until 2061.
We have been seeing this in the Clarkston, Washington area the past couple of nights. We are located on the south east corner of Washington and boarder Idaho and Oregon.