Read more: Everything you need to know Orionid meteors If you trace Orionid meteors backward on the sky’s dome, they seem to radiate from the upraised club of the famous constellation Orion the Hunter. The Orionids sometimes produce bright fireballs. Note: These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains. You might even enjoy the waning crescent as you watch for the Orionids in 2022.Įxpected meteors at peak, under ideal conditions: Under a dark sky with no moon, the Orionids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 20 meteors per hour. So, at the Orionids’ peak, the moon will be in a waning crescent phase and rise in the early morning hours. Nearest moon phase: New moon falls at 10:49 UTC on October 25. Radiant: The radiant rises before midnight and is highest in the sky around 2 a.m. Overall duration of shower: September 26 to November 22. When to watch: Watch for Orionid meteors on both October 20 and 21, in the wee hours after midnight and before dawn. Predicted peak: is predicted* for October 21, 2022, at 18 UTC. Draconid meteors radiate from near these stars, which are known as the Dragon’s Eyes. Got all these stars? Then you should also be able to spot Eltanin and Rastaban, the Draconids’ radiant point, high in the northwest sky at nightfall in early October. Polaris marks the end star in the handle of the Little Dipper. But, if you can spot it low in the sky, use the Big Dipper to star-hop to the star Polaris. From farther south – say, the Southern Hemisphere – you won’t see the Dipper at all in the evening at this time of year. and comparable latitudes, in October, obstructions on your northern horizon might hide the Big Dipper from view. The Big Dipper sits low in the northwest. This chart faces northward at nightfall in October. That’s why you can view the Draconids best from the Northern Hemisphere. Read more: All you need to know about Draconid meteors The radiant point for the Draconid meteor shower almost coincides with the head of the constellation Draco the Dragon in the northern sky. That possibility keeps many skywatchers outside – even in moonlight – during this shower. But watch out if the Dragon awakes! In rare instances, fiery Draco has been known to spew forth many hundreds of meteors in a single hour. This shower is usually a sleeper, producing only a handful of languid meteors per hour in most years. That means that, unlike many meteor showers, more Draconids are likely to fly in the evening hours than in the morning hours after midnight. Note: The Draconid shower is a real oddity, in that the radiant point stands highest in the sky as darkness falls.
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In 2022, the full or nearly full moon will drown most Draconid meteors from view.Įxpected meteors at peak, under ideal conditions: Under a dark sky with no moon, you might catch 10 Draconid meteors per hour. Nearest moon phase: Full moon is 20:55 UTC on October 9. Radiant: Highest in the sky in the evening hours. Overall duration of shower: October 8 through 9. If you want to watch in moonlight, try the evening of October 8. When to watch: There’s no dark window for watching the Draconids in 2022.
Predicted peak: is predicted* for October 9, 2022, at 1 UTC (evening of October 8 for the Americas). Start watching in early October for the Draconid shower followed by the Orionid shower. Next up, the beginning of autumn meteors.
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