After a rainy night last night, this evening is looking like it will be clearer and cooler. Perfect conditions for star gazing.
If you can stay up a bit later this evening, it might be well worth it. Tonight is supposed to be the best time to catch the remnants of Halley’s Comet for this year.
Known as the Orionid Meteor Shower, this spectacle promises to offer up 15 to 20 falling stars per hour. “The 2022 Orionids are set to peak this week on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 20 into the following morning.”
Orionid Meteor Shower 2022 Set to Peak This Week: How to See It
Now for some of you the idea of staying up until 1am through the week in hopes of seeing a falling star sounds like craziness. So for you NASA has offered some great pictures of something you can enjoy seeing right here.
In 1995 the Hubble Space Telescope offered up the first pictures of the Pillars of Creation. Now thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, we have a clearer more detailed look at the iconic Pillars of Creation.
This is pretty impressive from some 6500 light-years away!
NASA’s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation
Looking at images like that makes me giggle when I see the grainy pictures from security cameras here on Earth. Think about how far away the International Space Station is and here we have the live feed of what Earth looks like from above.