# Leonid Showers tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889 "2009-11-17T05:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/1 "2009-11-17T05:20:54Z")
330AM EASTERN TIME, anyone else going to get up early? :dubious: > [@](#): > > Best viewing times are 1 a.m. to dawn Arizona time. Look to the eastern sky. [link](http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/11/16/20091116meteorshower1116-ON.html) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/2 "2009-11-17T05:23:00Z")
I’ll be awake so I’ll watch for a few minutes before my extremities go numb (I have no clear view of the sky from inside the house). ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/3 "2009-11-17T05:32:05Z")
Was going to try, but its getting overcast, so guess we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/4 "2009-11-17T05:35:30Z")
i went outside and looked nothing yet but it looks relatively clear here in mesa az. havent been able to spectate them in the past due to work obligations but recently was laid off thanks gubment! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/5 "2009-11-17T06:34:34Z")
To be clear, tonight is the peak of the shower, but it’s not the only night you can see them. There will be Leonids for the rest of the week or so. The Leonids don’t have quite as many meteors per hour as the Perseids (in August), but they seem to have a greater tendency for bolides, extremely bright meteors. ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/6 "2009-11-17T07:26:16Z")
Rain and clouds for the rest of the week, so no meteors for me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/7 "2009-11-17T10:02:46Z")
I went out at 4am and sat out the better part of an hour. I saw 2 nice meteors but it got too cloudy to keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/8 "2009-11-17T12:12:33Z")
i drove out to the mountains and saw like 20 or so. no clouds, but the wind kicked up a dust storm so visiblity wasnt great. maybe tonite i can catch the peak… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/9 "2009-11-17T18:17:41Z")
> [@Wisp00](#): > > Rain and clouds for the rest of the week, so no meteors for me ☹ +1 A few weeks ago I drove out into the countryside to catch the Orionids, and I caught a few wee little faint ones before I decided I was about to freeze to death and headed home. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/10 "2009-11-17T19:46:08Z")
Was out for 2.5 hours (3 am - 5:30am) near Waxahachie, TX. Saw about 20, with 6 or 7 being “good ones”. Also saw two satellites. No bolides. 40 degrees with a little breeze. I think I will try again tonight after sundown. I like the Leonids better because the mosquitoes are usually gone by November. And I saw the Leonid storm in 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/11 "2009-11-17T20:25:32Z")
I rescued a poor little beaten up Dachshund puppy last night while I was out in the country watching the Leonids. His name is now Oliver Leonidas, and I love him. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/12 "2009-11-18T21:39:13Z")
It was cloudy here. Spaceweather just sent an announcement of a giant fireball (an asteroid) that people saw (and heard explode) over Utah and Colorado. There are pieces on the ground! Anyone see that? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/13 "2009-11-18T23:51:47Z")
What color were the meteors in the sky? Would it be safe to call this a golden shower? ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/14 "2009-11-19T00:10:38Z")
Here’s a [hub](http://leonids.hq.nasa.gov/leonids/) for images. Never mind - this is from 2003 or so … Here is a [gallery](http://spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_17nov09.htm?PHPSESSID=l32i53ben2tivn9lk5daljqn57) for the current shower… ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/15 "2009-11-19T00:17:08Z")
I had clouds over Leo, but the Western sky was clear, so I got to see a few meteors anyways. One of these years I’ll actually have good conditions for one of these things. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-showers-tonight/517889/16 "2009-11-19T13:03:49Z")
Raining all week, not even bothering to try.