For best viewing, look toward the southern sky and plan to be outside at around 10 p.m. Monday night or 4 to 5 a.m. Tuesday morning in your local time, Lunsford advised. The Orionid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through debris left over from the comet 1P/Halley, according to NASA.

"Taurid meteors tend to be larger than other meteors and can survive for longer periods as they pass through Earth's atmosphere."

A fireball flared to life in the skies over southern America in the early hours of Oct. 14, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting as it neared the surface.