The sky watchers should get ready to watch a spectacular view of the Leonid Meteor shower which will be starting in America at 10pm PST and at 1am EST and will be seen till dawn local time
THE SKY watchers should get ready to watch a spectacular view of the Leonid Meteor shower which will be starting in America at 10pm PST and at 1am EST and will be seen till dawn local time. On the east coast the meteor shower November 2009 will be at its peak at around 4-4:30am EST and at 1-1:30 PST on the west coast. The people in America would be able to view around 20-30 meteors per hour until dawn breaks local time.
A shooting star is a meteor and can be seen at night. When the number of shooting star is large, it is called a meteor shower. However it only lasts for a fraction of second and the best way to observe is to lie back in a place where there is minimum light and wait for it.Leonid Meteors will look like they are shooting directly at us based on the position of Mars. It would surely be quite an amazing spectacle to watch the shower of Leonid Meteors.
Timings for viewing the Leonid Meteor Shower November 2009North America – time: after 1am until 5amEast Coast – time: Eastern US and Canada may witness a good show between 3:30am and 5:30amWest Coast - time: peak view from 12:30 am to 2:30am PSTSo watch out and do not miss the Leonid Meteor shower November 2009