Space Weather News for Oct. 21, 2011   
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   WEEKEND METEOR SHOWER: Today Earth is entering a stream of debris from   
   Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect   
   the shower to peak on Saturday morning, Oct. 22nd, with more than 15 meteors   
   per hour.  Check http://spaceweather.com for links to a live meteor radar, sky   
   maps and observing tips.   
       
   MASSIVE SATELLITE NEARS RE-ENTRY: The massive ROSAT X-ray space telescope is   
   making its final spiralling orbits around Earth. Most experts agree that   
   re-entry will occur during the early hours of Oct. 23rd over a still-unknown   
   region of our planet.  Sky watchers report that the descending satellite can   
   be as bright as a first magnitude star and it occasionally "flares" to even   
   greater intensity.  For last-chance sightings of ROSAT in your area, please   
   check SpaceWeather's online satellite tracker (http://spaceweather.com/flybys)   
   or turn your smartphone into a ROSAT tracker: http://simpleflybys.com .   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- D'Bridge 3.64   
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