FYI: Leonid meteor shower tonight

[Earth_First]

Eastern North America will have the best shot, 3 a.m. through the pre-dawn hours; NNE towards the constellation Leo at a rate of 15-30 per hour...

ENJOY!

[sweettater]

1. Thank you so much!

[CBHagman]

2. I hadn't heard!

Now the fun part is either getting up early or staying up late...

[politicaljack78]

3. nice, thanks for the reminder.

I need to sleep and wake up early to catch a glimpse of these beauties.

[Laxman]

4. McIntyre, I want you to keep an eye on the sky....

This meteor shower can actually outshine the Perseids. The night is darker and you tend to get a lot of downward streaking fireballs. Its just much colder out.

[Earth_First]

5. +1

The waxing crescent moon setting much earlier in the evening will be an added bonus, too...

[marybourg]

10. Saw a Leonid storm for a few minutes in 1970? 71? with the

radiant high in the sky at about 2AM appearing as a black circle with meteors shooting out all around its perimeter; I estimated about 800-1000/min. Never, ever seen even 1 Perseid, however.

[Earth_First]

12. There was a tremendous Leonid in 99/00 I believe...

Memory is serving me horribly after a few of these DFH 90 Minute IPAs, however I remember the 200-500 range.

INCREDIBLE!

[Lucinda]

6. Thanks for the reminder

[Earth_First]

7. kick! n/t

[Brother Buzz]

8. I'll take a rain check

[Liz_Estrada]

9. Thanks and kick! n/t

[hootinholler]

11. Thanks for the heads up

Now if the clouds will clear by then