Orionid Meteor Shower this weekend! -- 21/22 Oct 2011

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Orionid Meteor Shower this weekend! -- 21/22 Oct 2011

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Orionid Meteor Shower this weekend! If the sky is clear, best time to watch is during the pre-dawn hours on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 (Singapore Time).

More info:
- http://goo.gl/MstEh
- http://goo.gl/LQMgA

For best experience, watch the following video of Orionids in 2009 in 720p and in fullscreen. The longer line lights are created by airplanes. Shooting stars captured are extremely short -- only 1 frame (1/30th of a second in the video but still visible if you observe carefully).



Anyone staying up late this weekend to catch this one? :)
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Re: Orionid Meteor Shower this weekend! -- 21/22 Oct 2011

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The video is nice! I like the way it shows the Earth is rotating. [smilie=ahaaah.gif]
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