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Comet Lemmon will be visible during October 2025 during the Orionid and Taurid meteor showers, creating a month of potential comets, “shooting stars” and fireballs. (2024’s Comet 12P\/Pons-Brooks is pictured).<\/p>\n
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October 2025 has the potential to be a dazzling month for skywatchers. Not only does it see the onset of fast-moving “shooting stars” from the Orionid meteor shower, but it’s also set to see “fireballs” during a special swarm year for the Taurid meteor shower. However, the celestial icing on the cake could be a bright comet \u2014 Lemmon (C\/2025 A6)<\/a> \u2014 a once-in-a-lifetime green comet that could even reach naked eye visibility.<\/p>\n Orionid Meteor Shower<\/p>\n Active from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7, the Orionid meteor shower will peak overnight on Oct. 21-22. The result of debris left by Halley\u2019s Comet and are known for their speed, Orionids often leave beautiful glowing trails in the night sky. <\/p>\n With a new moon coinciding with this year\u2019s peak, conditions should be excellent \u2014 clear skies allowing \u2014 with around 20 meteors per hour expected.<\/p>\n A \u2018Taurid Swarm\u2019 Year?<\/p>\n The Taurids are where \u201cfireballs\u201d \u2014 very bright \u201cshooting stars\u201d \u2014 come from. Split into two branches, the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids, unlike most meteor showers, they’re active for many weeks and overlap in activity. According to the American Meteor Society, the Southern Taurids run from Oct. 13 through Nov. 27 this year. <\/p>\n The show begins with a surge of slow-moving meteors around Oct. 14, followed by a surge in fireballs as bright as Venus. That will happen around Nov. 3\u20134 and, since this is a swarm year, according to the American Meteor Society<\/a>, it could be seriously impressive, particularly as rates are topped-up by the Northern Taurids, which reach their maximum on Nov. 8-9.<\/p>\n The radiant of both showers is the constellation Taurus, near the bright Pleiades star cluster, making them easy to identify during the nights around Halloween.<\/p>\n