Orionid meteor shower peaks Friday: Where to see it in the Bay Area

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Orionid meteor shower peaks Friday: Where to see it in the Bay Area
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Set your alarms: The best viewing time will be from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday.

residents who live away from the foggy coastline and are willing to wake up in the middle of the night have the opportunity to watch bits and pieces of Halley's Comet falling from the sky.

The Orionid meteor shower is dust and fragments trailing behind Halley's Comet."Each year in October, the Earth's orbit passes through the stream of particles left by Halley on its outbound trip away from the Sun," McKeegan wrote. "Might not be the best if you're along the San Francisco Peninsula," Murdock said."If you're in the interior, you're going to be doing pretty well on this."

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