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Orionids Peak Lights Up Brazil’s Night Sky Under Favorable New Moon

Volunteer and official monitoring confirm widespread sightings across the country, with observations continuing as the shower tapers through early November.

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Overview

  • The meteor display reached a first peak overnight and peaks again tonight, with the best viewing from midnight to dawn.
  • Observatório Nacional and Project Exoss report the radiant in Orion is visible across Brazil, with slightly better elevation in the North and Northeast.
  • Near‑new Moon conditions offer darker skies, yielding about 15–20 meteors per hour in dark sites and 5–10 in cities, according to NASA.
  • Orionid meteors are fast and bright, entering the atmosphere at roughly 66 km/s from debris left by Halley’s Comet.
  • Amateur observers and networks such as Bramon and the Global Meteor Network captured events in multiple cities, including Nhandeara, generating data useful for research and satellite‑protection planning.