Quadrantid meteor shower tonight: the top nine meteor showers of 2011

7. Orionid

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A Orionid meteor streaks across the night sky above Rhyolite, Nev., in 2009.

Oct. 21-22

This is comet 1P/Halley's annual curtain call following the Eta Aquarid shower in May. It appears to originate from near the constellation Orion. It's another of the more-humble showers, peaking at about 20 meteors a minute.

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