Look up this month and you might be lucky enough to spot some of our sky's best celestial wonders – including not one, but two meteor showers .

Draconids

Between October 6 and 10, dark-sky viewers may be lucky enough to catch the first of two meteor showers this month: the Draconids . This event is best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, where the constellation Draco is most visible.

It's expected to peak at 19:00 UTC on October 8. The meteors whiz past this celestial dragon's head, and are highest in the sky during the evening hours, before midnight.

While the Draconids can sometimes be difficult to see – especially with a bright waning gibbous moon lighting up the sky, as we have on this occasion – there have been rare instances when many hundreds of meteors were seen with

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