Orionids

[ uh-rahy-uh-nidz, awr-ee-oh-, ohr- ]

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noun

(used with a plural verb)

a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower Orionid meteor shower visible during October, and having its apparent origin in the constellation Orion.

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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.

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The Orionids meteor shower will peak on Monday night into Tuesday with the best viewing conditions between midnight and dawn.

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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.

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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.

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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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Orion Orion Nebula

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