The star gazers will be happy to know they can see dozens of shooting stars each hour in the overnight hours tonight. The peak will be just before the sun rises on Wednesday morning. For those that don’t want to spend a lot of time looking up, may just want to turn in early tonight and get up before the sun rises to see the shooting stars at their peak. This is an annual event and it’s called the Orionid Meteor Shower. I have spent my time on a few of these meteor showers or shooting star events. There seems to be one every couple of years that is a “once in a lifetime” opportunity. When I hear things like that, I do try a little harder to watch the shooting stars in the sky. I may be awake in the morning around 4 or 5 AM east coast USA time to see a few of these shooting stars. I won’t make any special arrangements to see it, since this one is an annual event.

Do you ever recall a big meteor shower? Some have been really nice over the years and worth the drive to a dark area where you can see them the best. People that live in cities or near big cities can’t see the stars at night due to light pollution. If you plan to watch the stars tonight or in the very early morning hours of U.S. time zones, you will need a good dark sky to see the event. If you live near a city; then you will need to get in the car and drive to an area that is away from the city. Be sure to come back here and let me know if you seen any shooting stars and how this meteor shower event ranks with other ones we have had in the past. The one tonight is probably not worth the time waking the kids; since this is a school night for most children. You can get them out once it gets dark and see if they can get a glimpse of 1 or 2 before they go to bed, but the peak will be later on in the night, just before the sun comes up on Wednesday morning.