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back to article Watch live! NASA video streams Orionid meteor shower – or go outside and look yourself

If you're in a position to see the constellation of Orion tonight then it's time to enjoy the annual Orionid meteor shower – as the Earth slams into the debris left by Halley's Comet's 1986 visit at about 148,000 MPH. orionids Look to the East for nature's fireworks display. Credit Dr. Tony Phillips "The Orionid meteor …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    I guess I'll step out and look

    This is one of the few positive things about late-night system maintenance*.

    * - other than the complete lack of other people.

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    1. Neil Barnes Silver badge
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      Re: I guess I'll step out and look

      I'd have gone and looked, but there's a hurricane remnant in the way.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    In before a Triffids reference

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  3. Tom 7

    No moon to spoil the show

    Just every fucking leaf in the area - couldn't even see the clouds for them!

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  5. Anonymous Custard

    Forecast

    Looking at the forecast, I think all I'd see is a cloudy rain shower...

    Will stick to NASA streaming rather than water streaming. Bloody hurricane remnants.

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  6. Missing Semicolon Silver badge
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    There is a astronomical thing to see...

    ... so therefore it is raining in the UK.

    I've given up on astronomy.

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    1. Neil Barnes Silver badge
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      Re: There is a astronomical thing to see...

      I have found that by pointing my telescope at the night sky, I can collect fresh rainwater from the mirror end. From that, I can make tea.

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