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Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

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The Orionid meteor shower normally lasts from about Oct. 16 to 26 .

When these meteors reach their peak early on Monday morning ( Oct. 21 ), the waning gibbous moon will be in the sky almost all night long.

The numbers seen by any one observer tend to reach a maximum of around 20 per hour .

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