Meteor Shower
Orionids Meteor Shower
Peak rates of about 20 meteors per hour under ideal dark skies. Radiant in Orion.
Your local time
21 Oct 2025, 11:30
Universal time
21 Oct 2025, 06:00 UTC
Time since
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The Orionids are produced by debris from Comet 1P/Halley. Meteors appear to radiate from a point at RA 95°, Dec 16°, entering the atmosphere at about 66 km/s. The quoted zenithal hourly rate of 20 assumes a radiant overhead and a perfectly dark sky; real observed rates are usually lower. No equipment is needed — lie back, let your eyes dark-adapt for 20 minutes and watch a wide patch of sky.
Observation details
- Visibility
- Partially visible
- Best viewing time
- 21 Oct 2025, 04:30
- Direction to look
- WNW · azimuth 290°
- Altitude at peak
- -2.0°
- Equipment
- Naked Eye
- Zenithal hourly rate
- ~20/hr
- Parent
- Comet 1P/Halley
- Entry velocity
- 66 km/s
The event's peak happens below your horizon, but the same part of the sky reaches 77° later in the night.
New Delhi, India
28.6139°, 77.2090° · default location
Photography & observing tips
- •Give your eyes at least 20 minutes to dark-adapt and avoid white light entirely.
- •Look about 40° away from the radiant rather than straight at it — meteors there leave longer trails.
- •For photography use a fast wide lens at f/2.8 or wider, 15–25 second exposures, and shoot continuously.
Event timeline
Times shown in your local timezone, computed from the event geometry.
Activity ramps up
16 Oct 2025, 11:30 · 16 Oct 2025, 06:00 UTC
Peak
21 Oct 2025, 11:30 · 21 Oct 2025, 06:00 UTC
Activity fades
26 Oct 2025, 11:30 · 26 Oct 2025, 06:00 UTC
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