Orionids Meteor Shower 2010: This shower is generally active from Oct. 3 to Nov. 7 and arises from the debris left in the Earth's orbit by Comet Halley. The rate is medium and one can expect to see 20 odd faint but very fast streaks of light. The radiant of the shower lies in the Club Asterism of the Constellation of Orion (
see figure: photograph courtesy of amandabauer.blogspot.com). This month, full moon occurs on 23rd of Oct thus spoiling the viewing conditions. But radio detection of this shower can be easily done. Read the next post for easy to built Radio Detector for meteor shower.
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