Sunday, November 17, 2024

Leonids Meteor Shower Peaks (pre-dawn)

The annual Leonids Meteor shower, derived from material left by repeated passages of periodic Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, is active from November 6 to 30. The peak of the shower, when up to 15 meteors per hour are predicted, will occur from Saturday night, November 16 into Sunday morning, November 17 in the Americas, when Earth will be traversing the densest part of the comet's debris train. While you should see a few Leonids after dusk on Saturday evening -
many with persistent trains - more of them will be apparent on Sunday in the hours before dawn, when the radiant in the head of Leo will be high in the southeastern sky. Unfortunately, a bright moon will shine all night long
during this year's shower, obscuring the fainter meteors.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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