#orionid-meteor-shower

#orionid-meteor-shower

"Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket, or lawn chair," NASA says. "Lie flat on your back with your feet facing southeast if you are in the Northern Hemisphere or northeast if you are in the Southern Hemisphere, and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible."

Sky-gazers worldwide will see a brilliant celestial display this week as the Orionid meteor shower peppers the sky in bright trails of light. The meteor shower, which is occasionally known to produce fireballs, is set to peak at 8 p.m. ET Monday, according to EarthSky. The Orionids don't have a sharp peak, "so if you happen to get clouded out on that night, don't despair,"