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South Carolina, like all of Earth, is traveling through meteorites composed of huge ice chunks and shattered boulders left behind by Halley's Comet when it roared over us almost 40 years ago.
And this weekend, South Carolinians can see that debris become the glittering Orionids meteor shower with as many as 25 shooting stars hourly. There crescent moon means there will be very little moonlight. The weather forecast is clear skies Friday and Saturday nights. The shooting stars are Halley's flotsam burning up in the atmosphere while hurtling toward Earth.
Astronomers advise Carolina stargazers to look at the Eastern sky between midnight and 2 a.m. for the best viewing.