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NASA Chat: Orionids, Planets, Constellations Brighten October Skies
10.20.12
Composite, false-color meteor image of Orionids, Perseids and Geminids, seen from 2009, 2010, 2011 showers. (NASA/MSFC/MEO)
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An Orionid meteor over Argentina in 2011. (Copyright Luis Argerich. All rights reserved, used with permission.)
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Update: The 2012 Orionid meteor shower chat is completed. Check back next week for a chat transcript. Pssst...Do YOU Have Some Great Pix of the Orionids?
If you have some great Orionids images to share, you can submit them to this Flickr group. Who knows, they may catch the eye of the world press as they cover this beautiful event. Posting your images quickly, just after the peak, will give you the best chance to have your images seen in a timely fashion.
Watch the Orionids! Live Ustream Feed
A live Ustream video feed of the Orionid meteor shower is embedded below, showing the skies over Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. During the day, you'll see a dark gray box. The camera will activate at dark, approximately 7:30 p.m EDT.