Orionid meteor shower peak expected over Qatar on 21 October
Qatar Calendar House expects the Orionid meteor shower to peak from the evening of 21 October into dawn on 22 October 2026, QNA reported on 19 October.
Qatar Calendar House expects the Orionid meteor shower to peak from the evening of 21 October into dawn on 22 October 2026, QNA reported on 19 October.
Its experts estimated around thirty meteors an hour under suitable conditions and recommended dark locations away from city lights. Naked-eye viewing is possible, but the visible count depends on sky clarity and local light pollution.
An archive image of Orionid meteors and Orion, not the 2026 peak.
Source: qna.org.qa.
Photo credit: Brocken Inaglory.
Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
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