Meteor Shower Tonight

November 16, 2009, 11:50 am | James Spann | Astronomy

From Spaceweather.com…

LEONID METEOR SHOWER: The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th, with a new Moon providing ideally-dark viewing conditions. Forecasters expect a relatively mild display (20 to 30 meteors per hour) over North America followed by a much stronger outburst (100 to 300 per hour) over Asia. No matter where you live, the best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Tuesday morning.

More details on the spaceweather.com site here.

2 Responses to “Meteor Shower Tonight”

  1. Scott Says:

    How are the clouds looking for early tomorrow morning. The peak meteor rate time is around 3 AM. Does anyone think the cloud cover might hold off or possibly be on through central Alabama by this time?? I’m excited, but also a little down about the clouds in the area.

  2. barbie Says:

    Has anybody seen anything yet. Im still looking. I have clouds here in WV frustrated its 3:36am I couldve missed some.

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