October is already a season of mysticism and magic, but what if I told you that the sky is about to cast its own spell?

Every year, as the nights grow longer and the autumn veil begins to thin, the Draconid meteor shower returns with shimmery starlight scattered across the night sky.

Unlike the majority of meteor showers that keep you waiting until after midnight, the Draconids arrive just after sunset, making it a rare twilight performance.

Still, the radiant point of the Draconids is highest in the evening hours, which is why they’re best seen at nightfall, as per EarthSky .

What makes this meteor shower so enchanting? It’s unpredictability.

For the most part, the Draconids are quiet, offering only a handful of visible meteors. But in rare instances, they’ve erupted into a

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