Orionids

Last night at about midnight I went out onto the roof of my house. The clouds had cleared and the air was unusually clear, diminishing the nasty effects of light pollution. Orion was to the East well above the horizon and I kept a lookout for Orionid meteors.

I was not disappointed. Within a couple of minutes, first one and then another meteor zipped through from below Alnitak and passed through the space between Saiph and Rigel both on almost identical tracks. Both has a golden shimmering trail. Fantastic.

They were both obviously from the Orionid radiant, making them remnants of Halley's comet.