A fireball blasted through the sky Wednesday afternoon which could be seen from New York and New Jersey.
However there were also reported sightings of it from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Hampshire, according to the nonprofit astronomy group The American Meteor Society.
3D trajectory submitted to the AMS shows the fireball was traveling from North East to South West and it ended hundreds of miles southeast of the Long Island shore, near the Nantucket Canyon in the Atlantic Ocean.
Pictured above beneath the street lamp and above the white van is a little glimpse of the fireball that blasted through the sky Wednesday
A video, obtained by Radcakes shows a quick glimpse at the fireball in action before disappearing.
Almost 200 people in the area claimed they saw the meteor, which they described as: ‘brighter in the sky than Venus, one of the brightest celestial bodies in a night sky,’ reported NBC.
Meanwhile, following from the Libra New Moon on Thursday, the annual Orionid meteor shower will take place this weekend.
Apparently the best viewing night will be Friday and peak viewing time will be between midnight and sunrise on Saturday.
The shooting stars are because of the Earth passing through debris from Halley’s comet, according to KWQC.
The Orionid meteor shower will see around 20 meteors passing through the sky every single hour this coming weekend.
A 3D trajectory (pictured above) was published by the nonprofit astronomy group The American Meteor Society Wednesday
Pictured here is a meteor in Shenandoah, Virginia blasting through the Milky Way in 2012
Halley’s comet is the only comet visible to the naked eye from Earth and is so rare it only comes into view once every 75 years. It was last seen in 1986 and is expected to be seen again in 2061.
When it travels through the solar system, the sun makes contact, enabling parts to break away, the BBC reports.
They then plummet towards Earth at an incredible speed of 148,000mph, which is the result of shooting stars.
A close look at a fireball in Russia (pictured here) travelling across the Milky Way during the Orionid meteor shower in October 2016
Another picture showing a meteor in Russia streaking across the Milky Way during the Orionid meteor shower in October 2016