 looking up between midnight and dawn. Minimising the amount of light pollution – from things like passing cars or street lights – will help as well. Generally speaking, your eyes will need about 20 minutes to acclimitise to the darkness. So it's good to get out a little bit earlier to let your vision adjust. You may have to contend with a bit of moonlight spoiling the view as the moon will be in its waning crescent phase – with about 45 per cent of it illuminated. Why is it called the Leonids meteor shower? The name Leonids comes from the point in the sky where the meteor shower appears to come from – right next to the constellation of Leo. T){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
The Leonid meteor shower will soon peak above the UK giving eager astronomy fans a sky full of shooting stars to watch.
The display occurs every November as debris from the Tempel-Tuttle comet comes into contact with Earth.
Providing the sky remains clear, the Leonids meteor shower can produce between 15 and 20 meteors per hour.
According to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the Leonids shower is ‘usually one of the more prolific annual meteor showers, with fast, bright meteors.’