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Unfortunately, the moon is expected to be percent full that night, making it difficult to see the 10 to 20 meteors per hour this shower produces. The entire Orionid meteor shower is active between October 2 and November 7, This article was originally published on August 6, ; it was updated on July 15, , with current information.

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From then on, the rates will continue to increase until dawn. These meteors are short, swift streaks, produce long trains, according to AMS, and travel at about 41 miles 66 km per second. The Perseids are a strong meteor shower that produce rich and bright streaks. Cooke said that will be a great year to catch them. Viewers can start observing around 11 p. Related: Perseid meteor shower brings celestial fireworks to the night sky photos.

The Perseid meteor shower radiant is in the constellation Perseus. If there's a clear sky, the Perseids will have a meteor rate of about visible "shooting stars" per hour. In more typical viewing conditions when the radiant isn't at its highest point in the sky or if there is some cloud coverage, people will see one Perseid per minute, Cooke said.

The shower doesn't yet have an official name, according to Cooke, but that it does have a nickname at NASA. The faint shower will only be visible from the southern parts of the Southern Hemisphere, but NASA researchers will be observing the event, he said.

They'll be faint because a meteor's brightness depends on its size and how fast it is moving. In the case of the Finlay-ids, they will only be moving at about 9 miles 15 km per second, Cooke said. These particles from Comet Finlay were ejected from the icy object in , Cooke said. Although most of the world may not see these shooting stars, the Finlay-ids are certainly a reminder about just how dynamic the solar system can be.

In the Orionids will peak on the night of Oct. However, the moon may interfere with observations this year. Related: Orionid meteor shower thrills skywatchers! See the photos. Orionids are named for their radiant near the constellation Orion, the hunter , which is one of the easier constellations to spot with the three stars that make up it's "belt.

The period of activity peaks on Oct. For Orionid viewing, it's best to go outside on nights closer to the bookends of this shower, when the moon isn't as full or when it has set. The meteors may not be appearing as frequently as they would in late October, but there will be less moonlight to interfere with observations in early October and early November. Related: Orionid Meteor Shower sparks bright fireballs video.

The Leonids offer clear-sky meteor rates of about 10 to 15 shooting stars per hour. Like the Orionids, this year's Leonids will also peak during bad moon conditions.

Related: The Leonid meteor shower explained in 10 facts. The Leonids' radiant is located in the sickle-shaped head of the constellation Leo, the lion. Leonid skygazing can be incredible, or it can be dull. The Leonids put on big shows in , and , according to AMS, when the comet was making its closest approach to the sun.

It will be several years until observers get a big show from the Leonids. The Leonids are often bright meteors with a high percentage of persistent trains," according to AMS. For example, the radiant of the Perseids is located in the Perseus constellation. Here we discuss the current three most active meteor showers:. The Perseids is the most well known meteor shower, because it is visible during summer in the northern hemisphere, and it has a broad maximum you can also observe a lot of Perseids the nights before the peak on August However the ZHR profile the number of meteors an observer would see at the highest region of the sky under ideal circumstances is skewed with a steeper decrease after the maximum period.

The meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail called the radiant lies in the constellation Perseus. The best moment to observe these meteors in Belgium is in the morning, when the radiant is located high in the sky. The Perseids have been observed for at least years now. The first information on them came from the Far East. In —, after the perihelion passage of comet Swift-Tuttle in , the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli discovered the link between meteor showers and comets.

The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object Phaethon , which is thought to be an asteroid of the same type as 2 Pallas. This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors in this shower appear to come from the radiant in the constellation Gemini hence the shower's name.