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Leonid meteors peak before dawn Saturday, November 17

http://earthsky.org/tonight/leonid-meteors-peak-before-dawn-saturday-november-17
I don't have clear skies here locally, but perhaps you do…
"As seen from mid-northern latitudes, Leo rises over eastern horizon around 1 a.m. That’s why you’ll see more meteors after midnight. After rising, Leo then swings upward and westward throughout the morning hours after midnight. It climbs to its highest point in the southern sky around 6 a.m."

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The 2012 Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak before dawn on Saturday, November 17. The radiant point of the shower is in the constellation Leo the Lion.

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Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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