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Orionids
[ uh-rahy-uh-nidz, awr-ee-oh-, ohr- ]
noun
- a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower Orionid meteor shower visible during October, and having its apparent origin in the constellation Orion.
Example Sentences
The radiant for the Orionids is in the constellation of Orion which rises in the east after midnight, just to the north of its red-tinged star Betelgeuse.
The Orionids meteor shower will peak on Monday night into Tuesday with the best viewing conditions between midnight and dawn.
The Orionids are particularly fast meteors so can be rather faint in appearance but they leave a distinctive light trail behind them that may last several seconds.
As the Orionids peak in the early hours of Tuesday there could be another area of low pressure driving a weak weather front into north-west Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Visible until 7 November this year, the Orionids are an annual event and one of two meteor showers to originate from one of the best known comets in our Solar System - Halley's Comet.
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