WATCH LIVE: Camelopardalids meteor shower expected to light up the sky

Astronomers have been anticipating a show of lights emanating from Friday night's Camelopardalids meteor shower starting around 10:30 p.m. EST.

"The predictions at this point are that we will see a few hundred meteors per hour," University of Western Ontario associate professor Paul Wiegert told Agence France-Presse.

The shower, stemming from dust trailing a small comet known as 209P/Linear, is expected to be visible across North America, and NASA has provided a live-stream starting at 10:30, which can be seen below.

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[Image: "Meteor Shower In The Sky," via Shutterstock]