Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Orionids


Charlie Ridgway, one of the Central Park "star guys" sent in this notice:

ORIONID METEOR
SHOWER:
This weekend, a mild but pretty flurry of meteors will shoot out of the constellation Orion. The source is Halley's Comet. Although the comet itself is far away, ancient clouds of dust from the comet are nearby, and Earth is about to run through them. The best time to look is Saturday morning, Oct. 21st, just before local dawn.