The Leonid meteor shower is at its best in the early morning hours of November 17 and 18. This won't be a great year for the Leonids, with peak rates of around a dozen or two meteors per hour. The Moon is in the sky much of the night, too, although it sets early enough to leave a couple of good hours of meteor watching before dawn. [Tim Jones]
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