Orionid meteor shower peaks this week: when to look from Lagos, Abuja and Kano
Pieces of Halley's Comet will streak across Nigeria's sky before dawn on Thursday, 22 October. A bright Moon gets in the way, so here is when it sets where you live.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the night of Wednesday, 21 October, into the morning of Thursday, 22 October 2026, according to NASA, and anyone in Nigeria with a clear, dark sky can watch it with the naked eye. The best chance comes in the last hours before dawn, after the Moon has set. The Orionids "are created by tiny…