You can’t see Halley’s Comet from Earth for another 36 years — but you can see bits and pieces of it burning up in our atmosphere Monday and Tuesday night.

The Orionids — one of the best meteor showers of the year, which is composed of castoffs from the comet last seen by the human eye in 1986 — is going to peak over the next few days. And if you head to a spot dark enough, you could see as many as 20 meteors an hour, according to the American Meteor Society .

Prime viewing opportunities for fast, bright streaks across the sky, as well as some fireballs, will be between midnight and dawn on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The darker your sky, the more meteors you’re likely to see. And we’re lucky this year — a new moon means no moonlight to contend with.

Light pollution is a different story

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