leonid meteor shower
Meteor Shower November 17
NASA said, if skies are clear, stargazers should expect to see at least 15 meteors per hour. The best viewing time for the Leonid Meteor Shower will be just before dawn, NASA added.
Here’s how NASA describes the Leonid meteor shower:
Where? For all observers the constellation of Leo is along the ecliptic plane and will be near its peak height during best viewing times. When? Because of the Moon, just a couple of hours before local dawn is the best time to watch. Why? Read on!
Although it has been a couple of years since Temple/Tuttle was at perihelion, don’t forget that meteor showers are wonderfully unpredictable and the Leonids are sure to please with fall rate of around 20 (average) per hour. Who knows what surprises it may bring! Each time the comet swings around our Sun it loses some of its material in the debris trail. Of course, we all know that is the source of a meteor shower, but what we don’t know is just how much debris was shed and where it may lay.
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