Leonid meteor shower. Copyright: Jimmy Westlake
MessageToEagle.com - The 2013 Leonid meteor shower peaks during the night (after midnight) and early morning hours of 16 and 17 of November. A full moon will shine all night long, making 2013 an unfavorable year for watching the Leonids.Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 33 years the comet visits the inner solar system and leaves a stream of dusty debris in its wake.
Many of these streams have drifted across the November portion of Earth's orbit. Whenever our planet hits one, meteors appear to be flying out of the constellation Leo.The shower should be visible from any populated area on the planet with clear dark skies, though Northern Hemisphere observers are favored due to the radiant's location in the constellation Leo.
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