The Orionid meteor shower, shown here above China, is visible from both hemispheres this week. Xue Bing/VCG/Getty Images

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,” said Robert Lunsford, fireball report coordinator for the American Meteor Society. “Head on out the next night, next couple nights even, and you’ll see almost the same activity.”

This year, the Orionids peak at the same time as a new moon, when the dark side of the satellite is facing Earth, a

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