The Orionid meteors, which will be visible over Northern Illinois, will actually be continuing on through mid-to-late November, but their peak comes on Thursday and Friday of next week, October 20th and 21st.
Known as the oldest of meteor showers, and the one that peaks at the tail end of April each year, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak just in time for Earth Day (April 22nd).
Looking back over the first half of the year, 2021 has been chock-full of interesting celestial events that have been visible to Rockford and the Rockford area. We're not done yet.
With the year wrapping up, we're running out of things to distract us from the fact that 2020 is the weirdest year ever. We've got Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we need more. We've watched all the shows, made all the recipes, done all the at-home workouts...