Soon, the dragon constellation Draco will appear to breathe—or more accurately, sparsely cough—meteors across the sky. From October 6 to 10, sky watchers will have the opportunity to witness the Draconids,

Some comets only pass the earth once in a lifetime, illuminating skies with meteor showers from the debris trailing behind them. Halley’s Comet and its Orionids meteor system is one of those, visible to the naked eye every 75 years.