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    The Draconid meteor shower is peaking this week. Here’s what to know

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      The Draconid meteor shower, which is known to produce meteors during the evening rather than early morning, is set to peak at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to EarthSky.

      “The Draconids are a very quick shower,” said Robert Lunsford, fireball report coordinator for the American Meteor Society. “We on Earth pass through debris (from the comet [21P/Giacobini-Zinner](https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/21p-giacobini-zinner/)) in just a few days, and the main maximum (activity) actually only lasts a few hours. So it’s here and gone just like that.”

      This year, the shower peaks just a few days after October’s supermoon, The silvery orb was reaching its nearest point to our planet, making it appear larger and fuller. It’s unlikely that sky-gazers will see much Draconid activity because the brightness of the moon will continue to block most visible activity.

      But for die-hard sky-watchers hoping to spot meteors, it’s recommended to look “toward the northern part of the sky,” Lunsford said.