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If predictions hold, they'll be visible from both hemispheres using binoculars or a backyard telescope, but here's where it gets extraordinary. Both comets will be closest to Earth on the same night, October 21st, the exact peak of the Orionid meteor shower, when about 20 meteors per hour are expected. Since it's also the night of the new moon, this will be a very perfectly dark evening, so giving us ideal conditions to see both comets and shooting stars. So really cool, cool, cool.