A fisherman watches a meteor during the Draconid meteor shower over Howick rocks in Northumberland. Picture date: Sunday October 10, 2021. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) Make sure to get your wishes in order because this weekend on Oct.
8 and 9, the skies will be lit up with flaming space rocks and debris during the annual Draconid meteor shower. It might be hard to watch the celestial event however because the full Hunter's Moon, which peaks on the same nights is expected to outshine the shooting stars.
Most of the space rocks will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere but the space rocks which catapult from the Draco the Dragon constellation, have the potential to cover the night sky with tens of thousands of fiery stars during the meteor storm.
Despite moonlight from the full moon taking the spotlight, the Draconids are expected to produce approximately 10 to 20 meteors per hour at their peak, according to NASA.