Orionids

The Orionids meteor shower, often shortened to the Orionids, is one of two meteor showers associated with Halley's Comet. The Orionids are named because the point they appear to... Wikipedia

• Discovery date:  October 1839
• Parent body:  1P/Halley
• Constellation:  Orion (10 degrees northeast of Betelgeuse)
• Right ascension:  06 h21 m
• Declination:  °
• Occurs during:  October 2 – November 7
• Date of peak:  October 21
• Velocity:  66.9 km/s
• Zenithal hourly rate:  20
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo