A meteor shower will peak on the days of November 11 and 12, known as the Northern Taurid meteor shower – part of a greater meteor shower which includes the Southern Taurid. The meteor shower is one of the slower ones of the year, producing an average of five shooting stars an hour at its peak.
Overall, the Northern Taurid meteor shower lasts from October 12 to December 2, while the Southern Taurid lasts from September 25 to November 25.
The names are designated by which hemisphere of Earth they can be seen from.
Overall, they are part of the Taurid meteor shower, which originates from the 2P/Encke.
As small specks of ice and debris fall from the comet, they float around in space.
Earth then travels through the debris field, causing the specks of ice and dust to rain down into Earth’s atmosphere, giving the impression of shooting stars.
Astronomy site Space Weather said: “If you see a fireball this week, it’s probably a piece of Comet 2P/Encke, source of the annual Northern Taurid meteor shower.
“Northern Taurid meteors are notoriously slow and bright, and they fly out of an easy-to-find patch of sky near the Pleiades.
“The shower will be active all week as Earth passes through the comet’s broad trail of gravelly debris.
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“Practised stargazers often use Orion’s Belt to find Taurus’ most prominent signposts: the V-shaped Hyades star cluster with the bright star Aldebaran in its midst, and the magnificent Pleiades star cluster.”
Due to their showing in October and November, the Taurid meteor showers are sometimes called Halloween Fireballs.
Comet 2P/Encke was once a part of a much larger comet system, which has slowly disintegrated over the past 30,000 years.
Fragments of the debris hit our planet’s atmosphere at around 17 miles per second or 65,000 miles per hour.