CNN —The Taurid meteor shower is not quite finished, with one of its two streams set to peak this weekend.
When the Northern Taurids, an annual minor shower, is at its most active, sky-gazers could catch sight of a bright meteor or two streaking across the night sky.
The Northern Taurids are expected to peak at around 7:21 p.m.
Stemming from a parent comet called Encke, both Taurid showers typically produce low rates of five meteors per hour.
When these celestial objects, known as the Encke Complex, take their orbital journey around the sun, they leave a debris trail that appears as the Taurid meteor showers when Earth’s orbit intersects with their path.
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