{
  "id": 16213922,
  "title": "Halley's Comet dazzles from afar in spectacular astrophoto of Orionid meteor shower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/halleys-comet-dazzles-from-afar-in-spectacular-astrophoto-of-orionid",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Space.com",
    "slug": "space-com",
    "url": "https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/halleys-comet-dazzles-from-afar-in-spectacular-astrophoto-of-orionid-meteor-shower"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Astrophotographer Tim McCollum captured a breathtaking image of Orionid meteors streaking across the night sky near Toccoa, Georgia, on October 21. Despite being over 3 billion miles away from Earth, Comet 1P/ Halley put on a spectacular display as its particles created a fiery path through the autumn sky. McCollum photographed three vivid meteors, each racing away from their apparent point of origin - near the red giant star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion. To capture the meteors, McCollum used a Canon EOS Ra camera with an RF 28-70mm f2.0 lens, which was fixed on the radiant using a star tracker. The individual exposures were combined into a single composite image using astrophoto software PixInsight. The Orionid meteor shower is active until November 7, so stargazers have a chance to spot these dazzling shooting stars in the coming nights.",
  "summary": "This incredible composite image of Orionid meteors was captured as Earth passed through the debris trail shed by Halley's Comet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Discover Magazine",
        "title": "The Orionid Meteor Shower Is About to Peak With Colorful Fireballs Leftover from Halley's Comet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/the-orionid-meteor-shower-is-about-to-peak-with-colorful-fireballs",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:09:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "How to Catch the Orionids, a Meteor Shower From Halley’s Comet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/how-to-catch-the-orionids-a-meteor-shower-from-halleys-comet",
        "published": "2026-10-21T09:00:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}