http://astroblogger.blogspot.com.au/2017/10/orionid-meteor-shower-morning-21-23.html

Orionid Meteor Shower, Morning 21-23 October 2017
Morning sky as seen from Adelaide facing north-east at 4:00 am ACDST on 22 October, the Orionid radiant is indicated with a starburst. Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at an equivalent local time. Click to embiggen.

The Orionids are a worthwhile shower that somewhat favours the Southern Hemisphere,best seen between 2-5 am, the radiant, the point where meteors appear to originate from, being just under Betelgueuse, the bright red star in Orion.

If you draw an imaginary line between Procyon and Aldebaran, then drop another imaginary line from Betelgeuse to the horizon, the radiant is just next to the intersection of those two lines.

The Orionids are the debris from Halley’s comet. The Orionids maximum is on October 21 UT (October 22 Australian time).

might be worth a look. Ta.

party_pants said:

might be worth a look. Ta.

weather doesn’t bode well though.

“This year the sky is nicely dark for the shower.
The best viewing is the morning of the 22nd, when between 3-5 am under dark skies you should see about a meteor every 3-4 minutes”

I’ll have a look if happen to be outside at that time. These things are always pretty disappointing IME.

I haven’t seen any decent meteor showers since the mid-nineties. I’ll give this one a go tonight but yeah.

Too cloudy. Can’t see even a single star.