The night sky will show a beautiful scene of shooting stars and North Platte is a great place to be for something like this. Because light pollution levels are always low, the stars above are pretty visible on an clear sky night.

Every October, meteors from Halley’s Comet enter the earth’s atmosphere, creating a nice show everyone around the world can see. Shooting stars should be visible Saturday and Sunday night, the peak of the shower is predicted to be during the early morning Sunday, October 21s, at around 4am. The peak time should display dozens of meteors per hour.

NASA will be streaming the action that night in-case you don’t want to be outside in the cold. Orionid meteor showers have been very promising in the past with displays of 60 or more shooting stars an hour.

Grab your hubby and a few blankets, enjoy the gaze into the sky while making countless wishes that may actually never come true!