Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Saturday Night

Posted Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 1:38 pm by Alicia MacLeay

Leonid meteors over Mount Fuji in time-lapse photo taken November 19, 2001, by Itsuo Inouye/AP.

Set your alarm and get out the warm clothes. The annual Leonid meteor shower will streak across skies tonight (Saturday), peaking around 11 p.m. EST.

“There will be pretty much normal shower activity, 20 per hour at most,” said Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “We don't expect any more spectacular Leonid displays for over 20 years.”

Via National Geographic News.

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