The Taurid meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Taurus, hence their name, but they will be visible from anywhere in the night sky. Taurus will rise in the eastern sky around sunset, and will be overhead from about midnight onwards, which is when viewing will be most ideal.

The Taurid meteor shower is caused by the debris - ice and dust - from Comet Encke as it passes through our solar system. Each time Encke returns to the inner solar system, its nucleus sheds ice and rock into space into a vast debris stream.