The fall sky-gazing season is officially in full swing with the Orionid meteor shower peak in October and Comet A6 Lemmon increasingly visible in the night sky.

The Orionid meteor shower peaks on Oct. 20 and 21 this year, and could be one of the most beautiful shows of the year, according to NASA.

Lowell Observatory Post-Doctoral Fellow Qicheng Zhang said this year’s Leonids meteor shower peak happens along with a new Moon , providing a dark sky to spot these incredibly fast meteors traveling up to 41 miles per second into Earth’s atmosphere .

The Orionids originate from comet 1P/Halley, but Earth does not pass directly through this comet’s orbit, meaning only a handful of meteors. Still, these fast meteors can leave flowing trains in the sky and be visible for several minutes.

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