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                                  2023 October 26   
      
                                Orionids in Taurus   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: David Cortner   
      
      Explanation: History's first known periodic comet, Comet Halley   
      (1P/Halley), returns to the inner Solar System every 76 years or so.   
      The famous comet made its last appearance to the naked-eye in 1986. But   
      dusty debris from Comet Halley can be seen raining through planet   
      Earth's skies twice a year during two annual meteor showers, the Eta   
      Aquarids in May and the Orionids in October. In fact, an unhurried   
      series of exposures captured these two bright meteors, vaporizing bits   
      of Halley dust, during the early morning hours of October 23 against a   
      starry background along the Taurus molecular cloud. Impacting the   
      atmosphere at about 66 kilometers per second their greenish streaks   
      point back to the shower's radiant just north of Orion's bright star   
      Betelgeuse off the lower left side of the frame. The familiar Pleiades   
      star cluster anchors the dusty celestial scene at the right.   
      
                           Tomorrow's picture: 2P/Encke   
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