Shooting stars appeared in the sky during the night of October 21 to 22 to mark the peak of activity of the Orionids, a traditional phenomenon of summer nights.
The great enemy of observing shooting stars, in addition to the unpredictable weather, remains light pollution, as Nelly Lesage reminds us.
During Antiquity, people thought that these meteors fell from the sky and moved, as the journalist explains.
This celestial spectacle could be observed until 6:40 a.m., the time corresponding to astronomical twilight.
Traditional for summer nights, shooting stars appeared in the sky during the night of October 21 to 22, for the peak of activity of the Orionids.
The shooting stars will then be visible until 6:40 a.m., the time of astronomical twilight.
As the journalist explains, during Antiquity, people thought that shooting stars fell from the sky and died.