Orionids, “rain” from falling stars in autumn, they peak from Friday evening, October 21, to early Saturday morning in the northern hemisphere, including Greece.

Since there will be a new moon on October 25, the small moon will leave the sky quite dark, allowing you to see well if there are no clouds.

The Orionids are a moderately intense shower of shooting stars that appears each year from October 2 to November 7. The best time to watch is in the east, shortly after midnight and before dawn.

They are so named because they appear to come from the constellation of Orion, when in fact they are created by the “tail” left behind by Halley’s Comet. Dozens of meteors – usually about 20 per hour – enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.

Their “shooting stars” are fast and often move at high speeds up to 67 kilometers per second, leaving bright trails in the sky.

Source: RES-IPE