The new moon rises on Tuesday, Oct. 21, a day that also marks the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. Fog permitting, this shower may be seen in the eastern sky by 9 p.m., with about 20 meteors an hour. To find the radiant point of the shower—where the meteors originate—look for the three stars close together in the belt of Orion.
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