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Old 11-10-2006, 06:33 PM
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It would not have been an Orionid. But great you saw a bright meteor.
More info here,
http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/planetarium/skynotes/sn.html

http://skytour.homestead.com/met2006.html#anchor_10

Here is a map of the radiant. Where Orionids seem to come from.

This url is where the map came from. Nice web site. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/lin...id_shower.html
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