The Draconid meteor shower begins its activity today and peaks Monday night, with visibility from North Carolina.

The phenomenon gets its name because the meteors appear to come from the constellation Draco, which is Latin for dragon, in the northern sky. But the meteors are produced annually by comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner.

They attract skywatchers on Earth as our planet passes through the comet’s debris, according to Royal Museums Greenwich. 

This year they will be best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere at nightfall Monday. The radiant point, or where the comets appear to originate, is in Draco near the stars Eltanin and Rastaban. Look for them in a dark place with no light pollution and an open view of the sky.

Although in some years they have put on a show of up to a hundred comets an hour, this year up to 10 per hour are expected, according to EarthSky.